Joshua 16:6:1Josh.16.6.W1TAB
וְיָצָ֨א
veyatsa
“and it went out”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-TSA
- Extended
- veh-yaa-TSA
- IPA
- /vəjaːˈtsa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it went 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-GE-vul
- clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GE-vul hai-YA-ma ham-mikh-me-TAT mi-tsa-FON ve-na-SAV hag-GE-vul miz-ra-KHA ta-a-NAT shi-LO
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA hag-GE-vul hai-YA-ma ham-mikh-me-TAT mi-tsa-FON ve-na-SAV hag-GE-vul miz-ra-KHA ta-a-NAT shi-LO ve-a-VAR o-TO mi-miz-RAKH ya-NO-kha
Exegesis
The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative chain with veyatsa {וְיָצָ֨א | və-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’, venasav {וְנָסַ֧ב | və-nā-sav} ‘and it turned’, and veavar {וְעָבַ֣ר | və-ʿā-var} ‘and it passed over’, presenting a sequential boundary description.
Root and etymology
y-ṣ-ʾ
“to go out, come forth”
In context — Joshua 16:6
And the border went out from there toward the sea, with Mikmethath on the north side; then the border turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and it passed beyond it on the east to Janoah .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 16:6, 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.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.6.W1.S1) and character.