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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" 42 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 (8 occurrences):
"brought it out" (2x) "bring her out" (1x) "brought out" (1x) "came out" (1x) "bring me out" (1x) "bringing-out" (1x) "coming 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
H3318-97 Genesis 30:16 וַ/תֵּצֵ֨א vatetse HC/Vqw3fs and Leah went out and she went out and she went out
H3318-76 Genesis 31:13 צֵא֙ tse HVqv2ms go out Go out Go out
H3318-103 Genesis 31:33 וַ/יֵּצֵא֙ vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and he went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-97 Genesis 34:1 וַ/תֵּצֵ֤א vatetse HC/Vqw3fs went out and she went out and she went out
H3318-103 Genesis 34:6 וַ/יֵּצֵ֛א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-163 Genesis 34:24 יֹצְאֵ֖י yotseey HVqrmpc who went out those going out of those going out of
H3318-163 Genesis 34:24 יֹצְאֵ֖י yotseey-2 HVqrmpc who went out those going out of those going out of
H3318-104 Genesis 34:26 וַ/יֵּצֵֽאוּ vayetseu HC/Vqw3mp and they went out and they went out and they went out
H3318-161 Genesis 35:11 יֵצֵֽאוּ yetseu HVqi3mp shall come forth they go out they will go out
H3318-04 Genesis 35:18 בְּ/צֵ֤את betset HR/Vqc as ... was departing in going out in going out
H3318-37 Genesis 38:24 הוֹצִיא֖וּ/הָ hotsiuha HVhv2mp/Sp3fs Bring her out bring her out bring her out
H3318-61 Genesis 38:25 מוּצֵ֗את mutset HVHsfsa was being brought out being brought out was being brought out
H3318-149 Genesis 38:28 יָצָ֥א yatsa HVqp3ms came out he went out came out
H3318-149 Genesis 38:29 יָצָ֣א yatsa HVqp3ms came out he went out he went out
H3318-149 Genesis 38:30 יָצָ֣א yatsa HVqp3ms came out he went out he went out
H3318-103 Genesis 39:12 וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and he went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-103 Genesis 39:15 וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-119 Genesis 40:14 וְ/הוֹצֵאתַ֖/נִי vehotsetani HC/Vhq2ms/Sp1cs and bring me out and you caused me to go out and you bring me out
H3318-103 Genesis 41:45 וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-103 Genesis 41:46 וַ/יֵּצֵ֤א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms And he went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-71 Genesis 42:15 תֵּצְא֣וּ tetseu HVqi2mp you go out you (masculine plural) go out you (masculine plural) go out
H3318-103 Genesis 42:28 וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-105 Genesis 43:23 וַ/יּוֹצֵ֥א vayotse HC/Vhw3ms And he brought and he caused to go out and he caused to go out
H3318-103 Genesis 43:31 וַ/יֵּצֵ֑א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and came out and he went out and he went out
H3318-156 Genesis 44:4 יָֽצְא֣וּ yatseu HVqp3cp had gone out they went out they went out
H3318-103 Genesis 44:28 וַ/יֵּצֵ֤א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and the one went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-36 Genesis 45:1 הוֹצִ֥יאוּ hotsiu HVhv2mp cause to go out Cause to go out! Cause to go out!
H3318-163 Genesis 46:26 יֹצְאֵ֣י yotseey HVqrmpc that came out of those going out of those going out of
H3318-103 Genesis 47:10 וַ/יֵּצֵ֖א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms and he went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-105 Genesis 48:12 וַ/יּוֹצֵ֥א vayotse HC/Vhw3ms and he brought out and he caused to go out and he caused to go out
H3318-163 Exodus 1:5 יֹצְאֵ֥י yotseey HVqrmpc who came from those going out of those going out of
H3318-103 Exodus 2:11 וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms that he went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-103 Exodus 2:13 וַ/יֵּצֵא֙ vayetse HC/Vqw3ms And he went out and he went out and he went out
H3318-117 Exodus 3:10 וְ/הוֹצֵ֛א vehotse HC/Vhv2ms that you may bring out cause to go out cause to go out
H3318-65 Exodus 3:11 אוֹצִ֛יא otsi HVhi1cs I should bring out I will cause to go out I will cause to go out
H3318-01 Exodus 3:12 בְּ/הוֹצִֽיאֲ/ךָ֤ behotsiakha HR/Vhc/Sp2ms when you bring out in your bringing-out in your bringing-out
H3318-107 Exodus 4:6 וַ/יּ֣וֹצִאָ֔/הּ vayotsiah HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3fs and he took it out and he caused her to go out and he brought it out
H3318-107 Exodus 4:7 וַ/יּֽוֹצִאָ/הּ֙ vayotsiah HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3fs and he took it out and he caused her to go out and he brought it out
H3318-162 Exodus 4:14 יֹצֵ֣א yotse HVqrmsa is coming out one going out is coming out
H3318-104 Exodus 5:10 וַ/יֵּ֨צְא֜וּ vayetseu HC/Vqw3mp So went out and they went out and they went out
H3318-05 Exodus 5:20 בְּ/צֵאתָ֖/ם betsetam HR/Vqc/Sp3mp as they came out in their going out in their going out
H3318-122 Exodus 6:6 וְ/הוֹצֵאתִ֣י vehotseti HC/Vhq1cs and I will bring out and I caused to go out and I caused to go out
H3318-11 Exodus 6:7 הַ/מּוֹצִ֣יא hamotsi HTd/Vhrmsa who brings out the one who brings out the one who causes to go out
H3318-47 Exodus 6:13 לְ/הוֹצִ֥יא lehotsi HR/Vhc to bring out to cause to go out to cause to go out
H3318-36 Exodus 6:26 הוֹצִ֜יאוּ hotsiu HVhv2mp Bring out Cause to go out! Cause to go out!
H3318-47 Exodus 6:27 לְ/הוֹצִ֥יא lehotsi HR/Vhc to bring out to cause to go out to cause to go out
H3318-122 Exodus 7:4 וְ/הוֹצֵאתִ֨י vehotseti HC/Vhq1cs and bring out and I caused to go out and I caused to go out
H3318-122 Exodus 7:5 וְ/הוֹצֵאתִ֥י vehotseti HC/Vhq1cs and bring out and I caused to go out and I caused to go out
H3318-162 Exodus 7:15 יֹצֵ֣א yotse HVqrmsa he is going out one going out he is going out
H3318-103 Exodus 8:8 וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א vayetse HC/Vqw3ms And went out and he went out and he went out
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