אֵ֜שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵ֜שׁ

   ESH

   fire
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתֵּצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ

   va-te-TSE ESH

   and she went out fire
3. clause🔊 וַתֵּצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ מִמַּטֵּ֤ה בַדֶּ֙יהָ֙ פִּרְיָ֣הּ אָכָ֔לָה וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה בָ֛הּ מַטֵּה־עֹ֖ז שֵׁ֣בֶט לִמְשׁ֑וֹל

   va-te-TSE ESH mim-ma-TE vad-de-HA pir-YA a-kha-LA ve-LO-ha-YA VA mat-TE-OZ SHE-vet lim-SHOL

   and she went out fire from the staff or from the stem its branches its fruit it consumed or she consumed and not was in her or in it a staff of strength a scepter or a rod to rule
4. sentence🔊 וַתֵּצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ מִמַּטֵּ֤ה בַדֶּ֙יהָ֙ פִּרְיָ֣הּ אָכָ֔לָה וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה בָ֛הּ מַטֵּה־עֹ֖ז שֵׁ֣בֶט לִמְשׁ֑וֹל קִ֥ינָה הִ֖יא וַתְּהִ֥י לְקִינָֽה׃

   va-te-TSE ESH mim-ma-TE vad-de-HA pir-YA a-kha-LA ve-LO-ha-YA VA mat-TE-OZ SHE-vet lim-SHOL ki-NA HI va-te-HI le-ki-NA

   and she went out fire from the staff or from the stem its branches its fruit it consumed or she consumed and not was in her or in it a staff of strength a scepter or a rod to rule a lamentation she or it and she became or and it became for a lamentation

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive wayyiqtol verb vatetse {וַתֵּצֵ֨א | va-tē-tzē} ‘and went out’, marking sequential action as esh {אֵ֜שׁ | ēsh} ‘fire’ emerges.

Root and etymology

ʾ-š🔊 aleph–shin

“fire, burning”

• 🔊 אִשֶּׁה’iš-še(h)offering by fireLeviticus 1:9