Joshua 18:17:6Josh.18.17.W6TAB

וְיָצָא֙

veyatsa

and it goes out

Transliteration
ve-ya-TSA
Extended
veh-yaa-TSA
IPA
/vəjaˈtsa/

Meaning by language

English
and it goes out

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Result
וְ + יָ + צָא֙
ve + ya + tsa
veyatsa

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ya-TSA

  2. clause

    ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON ve-ya-TSA EIN SHE-mesh ve-ya-TSA el-ge-lee-LOT a-SHER-NO-khakh ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM

  3. sentence

    ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON ve-ya-TSA EIN SHE-mesh ve-ya-TSA el-ge-lee-LOT a-SHER-NO-khakh ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM ve-ya-RAD E-ven BO-han ben-re-u-VEN

Exegesis

Vav-consecutive Qal imperfects—vetaʾar {וְתָאַ֣ר | wə-ṯā-ʾar} ‘and it turned’, veyatsa {וְיָצָא֙ | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’, and veyarad {וְיָרַ֕ד | wə-ya-raḏ} ‘and it went down’—create sequential motion.

In contextJoshua 18:17

And it turned from the north and went out to the spring of Shemesh , proceeded to Geliloth, which faces the ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan , the son of Reuben.

About this coordinate

Joshua 18:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 18:17, so the Hebrew word וְיָצָא֙ (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.18.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.17.W6.S1) and character.