Exodus 16:27:4Exod.16.27.W4TAB

יָצְא֥וּ

yatseu

went out

Transliteration
ya-tse-U
Extended
yah-tseh-OO
IPA
/jaː.tsəˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
went out

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יָ + צְא֥ + וּ
ya + tse + u
yatseu

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-tse-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ya-tse-U min-ha-AM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT ve-LO ma-tsa-U

Exegesis

The verb yatsau {יָצְאוּ | yāṣ-ʾû} ‘they went out’ with the prepositional phrase minhaam {מִן־הָעָם | min-hā-ʿām} specifies a subset of the community.

In contextExodus 16:27

And it occurred on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.

About this coordinate

Exodus 16:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:27, so the Hebrew word יָצְא֥וּ (yatseu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.16.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.27.W4.S1) and character.