Joshua 15:11:1Josh.15.11.W1TAB
וְיָצָ֨א
veyatsa
“and goes out”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-TSA
- Extended
- veh-yaa-TSA
- IPA
- /vəjaːˈtsa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and goes out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ya-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul
- clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL ve-ha-YU tot-tse-OT hag-GEV-ul ya-MA
Exegesis
In the first clause, veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ introduces the goal phrase el-ketef eqron tsafonah {אֶל־כֶּתֶף עֶקְרוֹן צָפוֹנָה | ʾel-keṯep ʿe-qər-ôn ṣā-pō-nāh} ‘to the slope of Ekron northward’, where the suffix -nāh marks directional movement.
Subsequent clauses use veta’ar {וְתָאַר | wə-ṭā-ʾar} ‘and it turned’, ve’avar {וְעָבַר | wə-‘ā-var} ‘and it passed’, and veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ linked to the place names Shikkronah {שִׁכְּרוֹנָה | ši-kə-rō-nāh}, har-ha-ba’alah {הַר־הַבַּעֲלָה | har-hă-ʾă-lāh}, and Yavne’el {יַבְנְאֵל | yab-nē-ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
y-ṣ-ʾyod–tsade–aleph
“go forth”
In context — Joshua 15:11
And the border went out to the slope of Ekron northward, then turned to Shikkeron, passed over Mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border were at the sea.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:11, so the Hebrew word וְיָצָ֨א (veyatsa) 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 Josh.15.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.11.W1.S1) and character.