Word

מוֹצָא

môwtsâʼ · H4161 · Hebrew · 27 occurrences

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Meanings

going out, starting point

Action by which humans, deities, plants, or objects leave or emerge from a certain place or position

Examples
Numbers 33:2 Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the LORD, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.
2 Samuel 3:25 “You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to gain your confidence, and to learn of your going out and coming in and to find out everything that you are doing.”
Job 38:27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land, And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
emergence, export, declaration, sprouting

Process by which an event starts from a certain place or position

Examples
Numbers 30:12 “But if her husband actually annuls them on the day he hears them, then no utterance from her lips concerning her vows or the obligation she put on herself shall remain valid; her husband has annulled them, and the LORD will forgive her.
Deuteronomy 8:3 “And He humbled you and let you go hungry, and fed you with the manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, in order to make you understand that man shall not live on bread alone, but man shall live on everything that comes out of the mouth of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 23:23 “You shall be careful and perform what goes out of your lips, since in fact you have vowed a voluntary offering to the LORD your God, whatever you have promised.
east

Literally: going out (of the sun); hence: a reference to the place where the sun rises

Examples
Psalm 75:6 For not from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the desert comes exaltation;
exit

A place by which one can leave an area with limited access points, such as a building

Examples
Ezekiel 42:11 And the way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north; according to their length, so was their width, and all their exits were according to their building plans and openings.
Ezekiel 43:11 “And if they are ashamed of everything that they have done, make known to them the plan of the house, its layout, its exits, its entrances, all its plans, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may observe its entire plan and all its statutes and execute them.
Ezekiel 44:5 And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, pay attention, see with your eyes and hear with your ears everything that I say to you concerning all the statutes of the house of the LORD and all its laws; and pay attention to the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary.
import

Literally: going out; hence: action by which humans acquire objects from a different country through a commercial transaction

Examples
1 Kings 10:28 Also Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s merchants acquired them from Kue for a price.
2 Chronicles 1:16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s traders acquired them from Kue for a price.
mine

Literally: going out; hence: an excavation where ore is extracted from the ground

Examples
Job 28:1 “Certainly there is a mine for silver And a place for refining gold.
spring of water

Literally: the going out of water; hence: water which flows out from an underground source

Examples
2 Kings 2:21 Then he went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have purified these waters; there shall not come from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.’”
2 Chronicles 32:30 It was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah was successful in everything that he did.
Psalm 107:33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

25 occurrences in 14 groups

מַיִםwater 6
שָׂפָהlip 4
הוּhis 3
Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כָּזַבto lie 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1
כּוּןto establish, to prepare 1
קוּםto arise 1

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 8 groups

יָדַעto know 1
כָּתַבto write down, to write, to inscribe 1
סָתַםto stop up 1
עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
צָמַחto sprout 1
רָנַןto sing for joy, to shout for joy 1

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָדַעto know 1

What it is said to bePredicate

4 occurrences in 4 groups

מִצְרַיִםEgypt 2
קָוֶהmeasuring line 2
יֵשׁthere is, there are 1
קָצֶהend, edge, border 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

10 occurrences in 6 groups

כlike/as 3
לto/for 3
אֵלto, toward 2
מִןfrom 2
עַלon, upon, over, against 2
בin/on/with 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 7 entries

Move002002001012: מוֹצָא denotes a going forth or departure, as reflected in its broad gloss 'going forth, goings out, proceeded out,' as in Numbers 33:2's "their journeys according to their starting places," placing it among terms of movement.
Happen002002003003: מוֹצָא describes an utterance or that which comes forth from the mouth, illustrated at Numbers 30:13 ("every vow and every binding oath... her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it" — the utterance of a vow) and Deuteronomy 23:24.
Spatial Referents003002005: מוֹצָא marks a spatial point of origin or departure, illustrated at Numbers 33:2 ("Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys") and 2 Samuel 3:25 ("to learn of your going out and coming in").
Buildings001003002001: This entry carries no independent "Buildings" sense of its own; the genuine tagged occurrences of this lexeme (e.g. Ezekiel 42:11, 43:11) describe an exit or outlet of a structure, extending its core "going forth" sense to architecture rather than naming a building as such; the domain is bundle-shared with the lexeme's core sense.
Possess002003002019: This entry carries no independent "Possess" sense of its own; the genuine tagged occurrences (e.g. Deuteronomy 8:3, 23:24) concern an utterance or a going-forth, not possession. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.
Waterbodies001002008: מוֹצָא also names a spring or source of water, illustrated at 2 Kings 2:21 ("I have purified this water; there shall not be from there death or unfruitfulness any longer" — the outlet of the spring) and 2 Chronicles 32:30.
Names of People003001007: The source data also assigns this entry the Names of People domain, reflecting the identically spelled personal name Moza (1 Chronicles 2:46/8:36-37, מוֹצָא (môwtsâʼ, H4162)), though this entry's own sampled citations attest only the common noun's senses.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָצָא yâtsâʼ · H3318 · to go out, to come out, to go away · 1068×מוֹצָאmôwtsâʼ · H4161תּוֹצָאָה tôwtsâʼâh · H8444 · outlet, exit, source · 23×צֶאֱצָא tseʼĕtsâʼ · H6631 · what comes from ..., what ... brings forth, offspring · 11×מוֹצָאָה môwtsâʼâh · H4163 · origin, latrine · 2×צָאָה tsâʼâh · H6627 · excrement, dung · 2×יְצָא yᵉtsâʼ · H3319 · to go out, to come out, to go away · 1×יָצִיא yâtsîyʼ · H3329 · offspring, issue · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4161. motsa I. מוֺצָא noun masculineHos 6:3 place or act of going forth, issue, export,…

H4161. motsa
I. מוֺצָא noun masculineHos 6:3 place or act of going forth, issue, export, souce, spring; — absolute ׳מ Job 28:1; Psa 75:7; construct ׳מ Num 30:13 Num 30:9t.; מֹצָא Job 38:27; Dan 9:25; suffix מוֺצָאֲךָ 2Sa 3:25; מֹצָאוֺ Hos 6:3; מוֺצָאוֺ Psa 19:7; plural construct מוֺצָאֵי Isa 41:18 Isa 41:5t.; suffix מוֺצָאָיו Eze 43:11;מוֺצָאֵיהֶם Num 33:2 (twice in verse); מוֺצָאֵיהֶן Eze 42:11; —
1 a going forth:
a. the act, of ׳י Hos 6:3; of the sun = rising Psa 19:7 (see יצא 1f); of man 2Sa 3:25 (opposed to מָבוֺא Kt); ׳מ דָּבָר Dan 9:25 going forth of a command.
b. concrete, גּוֺלָה מוֺצָאֵי Eze 12:4 goings forth of exile, i.e. those going forth into exile (in simile).
c. way out, exit: concrete, of chambers in temple Eze 42:11; Eze 43:11 (opposed to מוֺבָאָיו); הַמִּקְדָּשׁ מוֺצָאֵי Eze 44:5 (opposed to הַבַּיִת מְבוֺא).
2 that which goes forth:
a. utteranc of mouth or lips (especially of solemn or formal speech), פִייֿ ׳מוֺצָא Deu 8:3; מ ׳שְׂפָתַי Jer 17:16; Psa 89:35; so Deu 23:24; Num 30:13 (P).
b. export of horses 1Ki 10:23 2Ch 1:16.
3 place of going forth:
a. source or spring of water 2Ki 2:21; Isa 58:11 (in simile) Psa 107:33 (|| נְהָרוֺת), Psa 107:35 (|| אֲגַםמֿים) = Isa 41:18 (|| id.); הָעֶלְיוֺן גִיחוֺן מֵימֵי מוֺצָא2Ch 32:30.
b. place of departure of Israel on marchNum 2Ch 33:2 (twice in verse) (P).
c. מוֺצָא = east (place of sun's going forth) Psa 75:7 (opposed to מַעֲרָב); zeugmatically, Psa 65:9 וָעֶרֶב בֹּקֶר מוֺצָאֵי i.e. the east and the west (compare the two Orients, Qor 43:37).
d. place whence silver comes = mine Job 28:1; דֶשֶׁא מֹצָא וּלְהַצְמִיחַ Job 38:27 and to cause the growing-place (others, the growth) of young grass to sprout.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 7 entries

Waterbodies6 occurrences Buildings3 occurrences Move7 occurrences Happen7 occurrences Possess2 occurrences Names of People0 occurrences Spatial Referents1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0