Joshua 21:4:1Josh.21.4.W1TAB
וַיֵּצֵ֥א
vayetse
“and the lot came out”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-TSE
- Extended
- vah-yeh-TSEH
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the lot came out
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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va-ye-TSE
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va-ye-TSE hag-go-RAL
- clause
va-ye-TSE hag-go-RAL le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI
- sentence
va-ye-TSE hag-go-RAL le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI va-ye-HI liv-NEI a-ha-RON hak-ko-HEN min-hal-vi-YIM mi-mat-TE ye-hu-DA u-mi-mat-TE hash-shim-o-NI u-mi-mat-TE bin-ya-MIN bag-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav-consecutive in vayetse {וַיֵּצֵא | wayyeṣēʾ} ‘and he came out’, signaling the progression of sacred distribution.
In context — Joshua 21:4
And the lot came out for the Kohathite families and fell to the sons of Aaron the priest among the Levites, from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Simeon, and the tribe of Benjamin, assigning thirteen cities .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּצֵ֥א (vayetse) 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.21.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.4.W1.S1) and character.