Exodus 2:13:1Exod.2.13.W1TAB
וַיֵּצֵא֙
vayetse
“{And} He went out”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-TSE
- Extended
- vah-yeh-TSEH
- IPA
- /waj.jeˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} He went out
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-TSE
- clause
va-ye-TSE ba-YOM ha-she-NI ve-hin-NEH she-nei-a-na-SHIM iv-RIM nit-TSIM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ba-YOM ha-she-NI ve-hin-NEH she-nei-a-na-SHIM iv-RIM nit-TSIM va-YO-mer la-ra-SHA la-MA ta-KEH re-E-kha
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayyetse {וַיֵּצֵא֙ | wayyēṣeʾ} ‘and he went out’, followed by the temporal expression bayyom hasheni {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֔י | bā-yôm ha-šenî} ‘on the second day’, which locates the scene in time.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–tsade–aleph
“to go out”
In context — Exodus 2:13
He went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were fighting. He said to the wicked one, “Why do you strike your companion ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 2:13, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּצֵא֙ (vayetse) 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.2.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.13.W1.S1) and character.