Numbers 21:28:2Num.21.28.W2TAB
יָֽצְאָ֣ה
yatseah
“went out”
- Transliteration
- ya-tse-AH
- Extended
- yaa-tseh-AA
- IPA
- /jaːtsəˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-tse-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON
- clause
kee-ESH ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON le-ha-VAH mi-kir-YAT see-HON
- sentence
kee-ESH ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON le-ha-VAH mi-kir-YAT see-HON akh-LAH AR mo-AV ba-a-LEI ba-MOT ar-NON
Exegesis
Both yatsaah {יָֽצְאָ֣ה | yāṣəʾâh} ‘it went out’ and akhlah {אָֽכְלָה֙ | ʾāklâh} ‘it consumed’ are Qal perfect third person feminine singular verbs, personifying these forces.
Root and etymology
Rootyod tsade aleph
“to go out”
In context — Numbers 21:28
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab and the owners of the high places of Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:28, so the Hebrew word יָֽצְאָ֣ה (yatseah) 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.21.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.28.W2.S1) and character.