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יָצָא

𐤉𐤑𐤀

yâtsâʼ

H3318 verb

SILEX Entry

Root יצה to go out, depart, emerge, issue

Definition

To go out, come out, depart, proceed, emerge. The verb יָצָא encompasses the movement from an interior or enclosed space into the open or another domain, whether literal (such as physical departure from a location) or figurative (such as the emergence of an event or state). Extended meanings include: to lead out (with a direct object), to bring forth, to be led out, to produce offspring or effects, to be discharged (of fluids), to go forth to war, and to issue or proceed from a point of origin.

Semantic Range

to go out, to come out, to depart, to emerge, to be removed, to be brought out, to lead out, to cause to go out, to produce (offspring or result), to be discharged (of fluid), to proceed (from a source), to escape, to be carried out, to spread, to be uttered (of words)

Root / Etymology

From the root י-צ-א, carrying the core sense of leaving, going out, or emerging. The stem is used throughout the verb system to denote simple action (qal), causative (hiphil: to cause to go out, lead out), reflexive or passive (niphʿal: to be brought out, escape).

Historical & Contextual Notes

In early biblical texts, יָצָא most often denotes physical exit or departure—such as Israelite departure from Egypt or an individual leaving a tent or city. In legal and ritual contexts, it can describe emerging conditions (e.g., bodily discharges, Levitical purity). In military narratives, it designates going out to war or campaigns. Figuratively, it can describe results or consequences emerging from actions or events. The causative forms (hiphil) are central in Exodus narratives of YHWH 'bringing out' the Israelites (יָצִיא, הוֹצִיא). Later biblical Hebrew retains these uses; in post-exilic texts, figurative senses expand (e.g., pronouncements going forth). The word should be distinguished from verbs of arrival (בוא), entry (בוא), gathering (אסף), or motion within a space. English translations sometimes obscure nuance by supplying 'go out,' 'bring out,' or 'depart' contextually, but the Hebrew often retains the core imagery of emergence, movement from within to without, or result issuing forth.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.

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Root Family

יצא (y-ṣ-ʾ) — to go out, depart, emerge, issue

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3319 יְצָא and he brought out
H3329 יָצִיא and from the descendants of
H3381 יָרַד they went out
H4161 מוֹצָא like outgoings of
H4162 מוֹצָא point of going-out

Word Forms

173 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H3318-103 וַ/יֵּ֥צֵא vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and went out and he went out 134
H3318-160 יֵצֵ֣א yetse HVqi3ms goes forth he goes out 62
H3318-149 יָצָ֣א yatsa HVqp3ms came out he went out 51
H3318-104 וַ/יֵּצְא֨וּ vayetseu HC/Vqw3mp and they went out and they went out 47
H3318-136 וְ/יָצָ֨א veyatsa HC/Vqq3ms and went out and he went out 42
H3318-162 יֹצֵ֣א yotse HVqrmsa going out one going out 42
H3318-68 תֵצֵ֖א tetse HVqi3fs goes out she will go out 39
H3318-156 יָצְא֖וּ yatseu HVqp3cp went out they went out 34
H3318-105 וַ/יּוֹצֵ֨א vayotse HC/Vhw3ms and brought out and he caused to go out 25
H3318-28 הוֹצִ֖יא hotsi HVhp3ms brought out he caused to go out 19

Occurrences in Scripture

1076 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H3318-100 Genesis 1:12 וַ/תּוֹצֵ֨א vatotse HC/Vhw3fs and brought forth she caused to go out
H3318-72 Genesis 1:24 תּוֹצֵ֨א totse HVhj3fs let bring forth let her bring out
H3318-162 Genesis 2:10 יֹצֵ֣א yotse HVqrmsa flowed out one going out
H3318-103 Genesis 4:16 וַ/יֵּ֥צֵא vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out
H3318-103 Genesis 8:7 וַ/יֵּצֵ֤א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and it went out and he went out
H3318-157 Genesis 8:7 יָצוֹא֙ yatso HVqa going out going out
H3318-76 Genesis 8:16 צֵ֖א tse HVqv2ms Go out Go out
H3318-39 Genesis 8:17 הוצא hvts HVhv2ms bring out Bring out!
H3318-15 Genesis 8:17 הַיְצֵ֣א hayetse HVhv2ms bring forth Cause to go out!
H3318-103 Genesis 8:18 וַ/יֵּ֖צֵא vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out
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