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יָצָא

𐤉𐤑𐤀

yâtsâʼ

H3318 verb

SILEX Entry

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.

Translation Consistency

primary "go" 41 occurrences

Yâtsaʻ most commonly denotes departing or moving out (literal or figurative). The common English equivalent that best fits the majority of occurrences and reads naturally across tenses and constructions is “go.” It can be inflected and combined as needed (goes, went, go out, be gone) while still keeping a single, consistent base verb; rarer transitive senses (bring out, lead out, produce) will be handled contextually.

Alternatives (9 occurrences):
"bring out" (2x) "come out" (2x) "going-out one (feminine singular)" (2x) "bring them out" (1x) "me bring out" (1x) "brought them out" (1x)

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.

Bantu Hebrew

No Bantu Hebrew comparisons have been recorded for this word yet.

Root Family

יצה (yâtsâʼ) — to go out, depart, emerge, issue

Root יצה to go out, depart, emerge, issue

Word Forms

173 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H3318-103 וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and went out and he went out and he went out 134
H3318-160 יֵצֵ֨א yetse HVqi3ms goes forth he goes out he goes out 62
H3318-149 יָצָ֤א yatsa HVqp3ms came out he went out he went out 51
H3318-104 וַ/יֵּצְאוּ֙ vayetseu HC/Vqw3mp and they went out and they went out and they went out 47
H3318-136 וְ/יָצָ֣א veyatsa HC/Vqq3ms and went out and he went out and it went out 42
H3318-162 יֹצֵ֖א yotse HVqrmsa going out one going out one going out 42
H3318-68 תֵּצֵ֣א tetse HVqi2ms goes out she will go out it will go out 39
H3318-156 יָצְא֥וּ yatseu HVqp3cp went out they went out they went out 34
H3318-105 וַ/יֹּצֵ֨א vayotse HC/Vhw3ms and brought out and he caused to go out and he caused to go out 25
H3318-28 הוֹצִ֖יא hotsi HVhp3ms brought out he caused to go out he caused to go out 19

Occurrences in Scripture

1076 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H3318-100 Genesis 1:12 וַ/תּוֹצֵ֨א vatotse HC/Vhw3fs and brought forth she caused to go out and it caused to go out
H3318-72 Genesis 1:24 תּוֹצֵ֨א totse HVhj3fs let bring forth let her bring out let her bring out
H3318-162 Genesis 2:10 יֹצֵ֣א yotse HVqrmsa flowed out one going out one going out
H3318-103 Genesis 4:16 וַ/יֵּ֥צֵא vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-103 Genesis 8:7 וַ/יֵּצֵ֤א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and it went out and he went out and it went out
H3318-157 Genesis 8:7 יָצוֹא֙ yatso HVqa going out going out going out
H3318-76 Genesis 8:16 צֵ֖א tse HVqv2ms Go out Go out Go out
H3318-39 Genesis 8:17 הוצא hvts HVhv2ms bring out Bring out! Bring out
H3318-15 Genesis 8:17 הַיְצֵ֣א hayetse HVhv2ms bring forth Cause to go out! Cause to go out
H3318-103 Genesis 8:18 וַ/יֵּ֖צֵא vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-156 Genesis 8:19 יָצְא֖וּ yatseu HVqp3cp went out they went out they went out
H3318-163 Genesis 9:10 יֹצְאֵ֣י yotseey HVqrmpc that come out of those going out of those going out of
H3318-17 Genesis 9:18 הַ/יֹּֽצְאִים֙ hayotseim HTd/Vqrmpa who went out the ones going out the ones going out
H3318-149 Genesis 10:11 יָצָ֣א yatsa HVqp3ms he went forth he went out he went out
H3318-156 Genesis 10:14 יָצְא֥וּ yatseu HVqp3cp came they went out they went out
H3318-104 Genesis 11:31 וַ/יֵּצְא֨וּ vayetseu HC/Vqw3mp and they went out and they went out and they went out
H3318-09 Genesis 12:4 בְּ/צֵאת֖/וֹ betseto HR/Vqc/Sp3ms when he departed in his going out in his going out
H3318-104 Genesis 12:5 וַ/יֵּצְא֗וּ vayetseu HC/Vqw3mp they went out and they went out and they went out
H3318-103 Genesis 14:8 וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-103 Genesis 14:17 וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-28 Genesis 14:18 הוֹצִ֖יא hotsi HVhp3ms brought out he caused to go out he caused to go out
H3318-160 Genesis 15:4 יֵצֵ֣א yetse HVqi3ms shall come forth he goes out he goes out
H3318-105 Genesis 15:5 וַ/יּוֹצֵ֨א vayotse HC/Vhw3ms and he brought and he caused to go out and he caused to go out
H3318-26 Genesis 15:7 הוֹצֵאתִ֨י/ךָ֙ hotsetikha HVhp1cs/Sp2ms brought you out I led you out I caused you to go out
H3318-161 Genesis 15:14 יֵצְא֖וּ yetseu HVqi3mp they will come out they go out they will go out
H3318-161 Genesis 17:6 יֵצֵֽאוּ yetseu HVqi3mp shall come they go out they will go out
H3318-33 Genesis 19:5 הוֹצִיאֵ֣/ם hotsiem HVhv2ms/Sp3mp Bring out Bring them out bring them out
H3318-103 Genesis 19:6 וַ/יֵּצֵ֧א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-66 Genesis 19:8 אוֹצִֽיאָה otsiah HVhh1cs let me bring out let me bring out let me bring out
H3318-19 Genesis 19:12 הוֹצֵ֖א hotse HVhv2ms bring out Cause to go out Cause to go out
H3318-103 Genesis 19:14 וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-84 Genesis 19:14 צְּאוּ֙ tseu HVqv2mp get out Go out Go out
H3318-113 Genesis 19:16 וַ/יֹּצִאֻ֥/הוּ vayotsiuhu HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3ms and they brought him out they led him out and they caused him to go out
H3318-44 Genesis 19:17 כְ/הוֹצִיאָ֨/ם khehotsiam HR/Vhc/Sp3mp when they had brought his bringing-them-out as he brought them out
H3318-149 Genesis 19:23 יָצָ֣א yatsa HVqp3ms had risen he went out had come out
H3318-152 Genesis 24:5 יָצָ֥אתָ yatsata HVqp2ms you came you went out you went out
H3318-79 Genesis 24:11 צֵ֥את tset HVqc of going out going out going out
H3318-165 Genesis 24:13 יֹצְאֹ֖ת yotseot HVqrfpa are coming out going-out ones going ones
H3318-166 Genesis 24:15 יֹצֵ֗את yotset HVqrfsa came out the going-out one the going-out one (feminine singular)
H3318-18 Genesis 24:43 הַ/יֹּצֵ֣את hayotset HTd/Vqrfsa who comes out the one going out the one going out
H3318-166 Genesis 24:45 יֹצֵאת֙ yotset HVqrfsa coming out the going-out one the going-out one (feminine singular)
H3318-149 Genesis 24:50 יָצָ֣א yatsa HVqp3ms has come he went out has come out
H3318-105 Genesis 24:53 וַ/יּוֹצֵ֨א vayotse HC/Vhw3ms brought out and he caused to go out and he caused to go out
H3318-103 Genesis 24:63 וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-103 Genesis 25:25 וַ/יֵּצֵ֤א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and came out and he went out and he went out
H3318-149 Genesis 25:26 יָצָ֣א yatsa HVqp3ms came out he went out he went out
H3318-134 Genesis 27:3 וְ/צֵא֙ vetse HC/Vqv2ms and go out and go out and go out
H3318-157 Genesis 27:30 יָצֹ֤א yatso HVqa gone out going out going out
H3318-149 Genesis 27:30 יָצָא֙ yatsa HVqp3ms had gone out he went out he went out
H3318-103 Genesis 28:10 וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
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