וַיּוֹצֵ֨א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיּוֹצֵ֨א

   va-yo-TSE

   {And} he brought out
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיּוֹצֵ֨א אֹת֜וֹ

   va-yo-TSE o-TO

   {And} he brought out him
3. clause🔊 וַיּוֹצֵ֨א אֹת֜וֹ הַח֗וּצָה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַבֶּט־נָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה וּסְפֹר֙ הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים אִם־תּוּכַ֖ל לִסְפֹּ֣ר אֹתָ֑ם

   va-yo-TSE o-TO ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer ha-bet-NA ha-sha-MAI-ma us-FOR ha-ko-kha-VIM im-tu-KHAL lis-POR o-TAM

   {And} he brought out him outside {And} he said look now toward the heavens {And} count the stars if you can to count them
4. sentence🔊 וַיּוֹצֵ֨א אֹת֜וֹ הַח֗וּצָה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַבֶּט־נָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה וּסְפֹר֙ הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים אִם־תּוּכַ֖ל לִסְפֹּ֣ר אֹתָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ כֹּ֥ה יִהְיֶ֖ה זַרְעֶֽךָ׃

   va-yo-TSE o-TO ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer ha-bet-NA ha-sha-MAI-ma us-FOR ha-ko-kha-VIM im-tu-KHAL lis-POR o-TAM va-YO-mer LO KO yih-YE zar-E-kha

   {And} he brought out him outside {And} he said look now toward the heavens {And} count the stars if you can to count them {And} he said to him your offspring will be so

Exegesis

The verse opens with the wayyiqtol chain vayotse {וַיּוֹצֵא | way-yô-ṣēʾ} ‘and he brought out’, followed by vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, marking sequential narrative actions typical of Hebrew storytelling.

The first clause, vayotse oto hachutsah {וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַח֗וּצָה | way-yô-ṣēʾ ʾō-tô ha-ḥū-ṣāh} ‘and he brought him outside’, shifts the scene from an inner setting to the open space, preparing for a visual sign.