Numbers 20:11:8Num.20.11.W8TAB

וַיֵּצְאוּ֙

vayetseu

and came out

Transliteration
va-ye-TSE-u
Extended
vah-yeh-tseh-OO
IPA
/vaj.jeˈt͡sʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
and came out

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Result
וַ + יֵּ + צְא + וּ֙
va + ye + tse + u
vayetseu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tsadets as in cats
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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-ye-TSE-u

  2. clause

    va-ye-TSE-u MA-yim ra-BIM va-TESH-te ha-e-DA u-ve-i-RAM

  3. sentence

    va-ya-REM mo-SHEH ET-ya-DO va-YAKH ET-ha-SE-la be-ma-TE-hu pa-a-MAI-im va-ye-TSE-u MA-yim ra-BIM va-TESH-te ha-e-DA u-ve-i-RAM

Exegesis

Subsequent verbs vayetze’u {וַיֵּצְאוּ | wayyēṣʾû} ‘and they went out’ and vateshte {וַתֵּשְׁתְּ | wattēštē} ‘and she drank’ (with the assembly as the understood subject) portray outcome and reception.

In contextNumbers 20:11

And Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff , and abundant waters gushed forth, and the congregation drank along with their livestock.

About this coordinate

Numbers 20:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּצְאוּ֙ (vayetseu) 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.20.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.11.W8.S1) and character.