Genesis 13:11:6Gen.13.11.W6TAB
וַיִּסַּ֥ע
vayissa
“journeyed”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-SA
- Extended
- vah-yihs-SAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jis.ˈsaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- journeyed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-SA LOT
- clause
va-yiv-khar-LO LOT ET kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN va-yis-SA LOT mi-KE-dem
- sentence
va-yiv-khar-LO LOT ET kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN va-yis-SA LOT mi-KE-dem va-yip-par-DU ISH me-AL a-KHIV
Exegesis
The next wayyiqtol vayissa {וַיִּסַּע | way-yis-saʿ} ‘and he journeyed’ pairs with miqedem {מִקֶּ֑דֶם | miq-qe-dem}, indicating movement toward the east.
In context — Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated , each man from his brother.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 13:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסַּ֥ע (vayissa) 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 Gen.13.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.11.W6.S1) and character.