Numbers 13:32:1Num.13.32.W1TAB

וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּ

vayotsiu

and they brought out

Transliteration
va-yo-TSI-u
Extended
vah-yoht-TSEE-oo
IPA
/vajjoˈtsiː.u/

Meaning by language

English
and they brought out

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יּוֹ + צִ֜יא + וּ
va + yo + tsi + u
vayotsiu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-TSI-u

  2. clause

    va-yo-TSI-u di-BAT ha-A-retz a-SHER ta-RU o-TAH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR

  3. sentence

    va-yo-TSI-u di-BAT ha-A-retz a-SHER ta-RU o-TAH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-var-NU BAH la-TUR o-TAH E-retz o-KHE-let yosh-ve-HA HU ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-ra-I-nu be-to-KHA an-SHEI mi-DOT

Exegesis

The narrative begins with the Hiphil verb vayotziu {וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּ | wāyoṣîʾû} ‘and they brought out,’ indicating causative action.

In contextNumbers 13:32

And they brought out a slanderous report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we have passed through to scout it out is a land devouring its inhabitants , and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of great stature .”

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:32, so the Hebrew word וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּ (vayotsiu) 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 Num.13.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.32.W1.S1) and character.