Strong's Hebrew: 4161. מוֹצָא (motsa) -- a place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring

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Lexical Summary

motsa: a place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring

Original Word: מוֹצָא
Transliteration: motsa
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-tsaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring
Meaning: a place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring

Strong's Concordance

brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, outgoing

Or motsai {mo-tsaw'}; from yatsa'; a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass) -- brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, (water-)course (springs).

see HEBREW yatsa'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4161. motsa

I. מוֺצָא‎ noun masculine^{Hosea 6:3} place or act of going forth, issue, export, souce, spring; — absolute ׳מ‎ Job 28:1; Psalm 75:7; construct ׳מ‎ Numbers 30:13 9t.; מֹצָא‎ Job 38:27; Daniel 9:25; suffix מוֺצָאֲךָ‎ 2 Samuel 3:25; מֹצָאוֺ‎ Hosea 6:3; מוֺצָאוֺ‎ Psalm 19:7; plural construct מוֺצָאֵי‎ Isaiah 41:18 5t.; suffix מוֺצָאָיו‎ Ezekiel 43:11;מוֺצָאֵיהֶם‎ Numbers 33:2 (twice in verse); מוֺצָאֵיהֶן‎ Ezekiel 42:11; —

1 a going forth:

a. the act, of ׳י‎ Hosea 6:3; of the sun = rising Psalm 19:7 (see יצא‎ 1f); of man 2 Samuel 3:25 (opposed to מָבוֺא‎ Kt); ׳מ דָּבָר‎ Daniel 9:25 going forth of a command.

b. concrete, גּוֺלָה מוֺצָאֵי‎ Ezekiel 12:4 goings forth of exile, i.e. those going forth into exile (in simile).

c. way out, exit: concrete, of chambers in temple Ezekiel 42:11; 43:11 (opposed to מוֺבָאָיו‎); הַמִּקְדָּשׁ מוֺצָאֵי‎ 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 Deuteronomy 8:3; מ ׳שְׂפָתַי‎ Jeremiah 17:16; Psalm 89:35; so Deuteronomy 23:24; Numbers 30:13 (P).

b. export of horses 1 Kings 10:23 2 Chronicles 1:16.

3 place of going forth:

a. source or spring of water 2 Kings 2:21; Isaiah 58:11 (in simile) Psalm 107:33 ("" נְהָרוֺת‎), 107:35 ("" אֲגַםמֿים‎) = Isaiah 41:18 ("" id.); הָעֶלְיוֺן גִיחוֺן מֵימֵי מוֺצָא‎2 Chronicles 32:30.

b. place of departure of Israel on marchNum 2 Chronicles 33:2 (twice in verse) (P).

c. מוֺצָא‎ = east (place of sun's going forth) Psalm 75:7 (opposed to מַעֲרָב‎); zeugmatically, 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 38:27 and to cause the growing-place (others, the growth) of young grass to sprout.

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