Genesis 4:16:1Gen.4.16.W1PAT

וַיֵּ֥צֵא

vayetse

went out

Transliteration
va-YE-tse
Extended
vah-YEH-tseh
IPA
/waj.ˈje.tseː/

Meaning by language

English
went out
French
sortit
Spanish
salió
Portuguese
saiu
German
ging hinaus
Russian
ушёл
Arabic-Simplified
خَرَجَ
Hindi
निकल गया
Chinese-Simplified
离开
Korean
나갔다
Indonesian
keluar
Bengali
বেরিয়ে গেল
Tagalog
lumabas
Swahili
akaondoka
Amharic
ወጣ
Yoruba
kúrò
Igbo
pụọ
Twi
kɔe
Ewe
dzo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֥ + צֵא
va + ye + tse
vayetse

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
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-tse

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YE-tse KA-yin

  3. clause

    va-YE-tse KA-yin mil-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    va-YE-tse KA-yin mil-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-shev be-E-rets-NOD kid-mat-E-den

In contextGenesis 4:16

Cain went out from before the LORD resided in the land of Nod eastward of Eden

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 4:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥צֵא (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 Gen.4.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.16.W1.S1) and character.