Zechariah 14:2:12Zech.14.2.W12TAB
וְיָצָ֞א
veyatsa
“and will go out”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-TSA
- Extended
- veh-yaa-TSAA
- IPA
- /tiʃ.ʃaːˈxav.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will go out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ya-TSA
- clause
ve-ya-TSA kha-TSI ha-IR bag-go-LA ve-YE-ter ha-AM LO yik-ka-RET min-ha-IR
- sentence
ve-a-SAF-ti et-KOL-ha-go-YIM el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lam-mil-kha-MA ve-nil-khe-DA ha-IR ve-na-SAS-su ha-bba-TIM ve-han-na-SHIM te-she-gal-NA tish-sha-KHAV-na ve-ya-TSA kha-TSI ha-IR bag-go-LA ve-YE-ter ha-AM LO yik-ka-RET min-ha-IR
Exegesis
The coordination veyatsa chatzi ha-ir ba-golah {וְיָצָא חֲצִי הָעִיר בַּגּוֹלָה | wə-yā-ṣāʾ ḥă-ṣî ha-ʿîr ba-gō-lāh} continues the narrative with quantitative precision ‘half of the city goes into exile,’ while the adversative clause veyeter ha-am lo yikaret min ha-ir {וְיֶתֶר הָעָם לֹא יִכָּרֵת מִן־הָעִיר | wə-ye-ter ha-ʿām lōʾ yi-kā-rēt min-ha-ʿîr} ‘but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city’ contrasts judgment with the promise of preservation.
Root and etymology
Rootyod tsade aleph
“to go out”
In context — Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women will be violated, and half of the city will go out into exile , but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Zechariah 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְיָצָ֞א (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 Zech.14.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.2.W12.S1) and character.