יָצָא
to go out
also: come out, exit, go forth fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘go or come out or forth’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to go or come out’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H3318 appears in the Book of Exodus — 88 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus
- Exodus 1:5 יֹצְאֵ֥י Qal ptcp.act mp cs All the souls who came out of the Jacob's body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
- Exodus 2:11 וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
- Exodus 2:13 וַ/יֵּצֵא֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?"
- Exodus 3:10 וְ/הוֹצֵ֛א conj + Hiphil impv 2ms Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
- Exodus 3:11 אוֹצִ֛יא Hiphil impf 1cs Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
- Exodus 3:12 בְּ/הוֹצִֽיאֲ/ךָ֤ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
- Exodus 4:6 וַ/יּ֣וֹצִאָ֔/הּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
- Exodus 4:7 וַ/יּֽוֹצִאָ/הּ֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again." He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
- Exodus 4:14 יֹצֵ֣א Qal ptcp.act ms The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exodus 5:10 וַ/יֵּ֨צְא֜וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says: "I will not give you straw.
- Exodus 5:20 בְּ/צֵאתָ֖/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
- Exodus 6:6 וְ/הוֹצֵאתִ֣י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
- Exodus 6:7 הַ/מּוֹצִ֣יא ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 6:13 לְ/הוֹצִ֥יא prep + Hiphil inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 6:26 הוֹצִ֜יאוּ Hiphil impv 2mp These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts."
- Exodus 6:27 לְ/הוֹצִ֥יא prep + Hiphil inf.cs These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 7:4 וְ/הוֹצֵאתִ֨י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
- Exodus 7:5 וְ/הוֹצֵאתִ֥י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
- Exodus 7:15 יֹצֵ֣א Qal ptcp.act ms Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
- Exodus 8:12 וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
- Exodus 8:18 לְ/הוֹצִ֥יא prep + Hiphil inf.cs The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.
- Exodus 8:20 יוֹצֵ֣א Qal ptcp.act ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 8:29 יוֹצֵ֤א Qal ptcp.act ms Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 8:30 וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
- Exodus 9:29 כְּ/צֵאתִ/י֙ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's.
- Exodus 9:33 וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
- Exodus 10:6 וַ/יֵּצֵ֖א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.'" He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
- Exodus 10:18 וַ/יֵּצֵ֖א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
- Exodus 11:4 יוֹצֵ֖א Qal ptcp.act ms Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt,
- Exodus 11:8 צֵ֤א אֵצֵ֑א וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א Qal impv 2ms Qal impf 1cs conj + Qal wimpf 3ms All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, 'Get out, and all the people who follow you; and after that I will go out.'" He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
- Exodus 12:17 הוֹצֵ֥אתִי Hiphil pf 1cs You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
- Exodus 12:22 תֵצְא֛וּ Qal impf 2mp You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
- Exodus 12:31 צְּאוּ֙ Qal impv 2mp He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!
- Exodus 12:39 הוֹצִ֧יאוּ Hiphil pf 3cp They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it wasn't leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn't wait, neither had they prepared for themselves any food.
- Exodus 12:41 יָֽצְא֛וּ Qal pf 3cp It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the hosts of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 12:42 לְ/הוֹצִיאָ֖/ם prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Yahweh, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
- Exodus 12:46 תוֹצִ֧יא Hiphil impf 2ms In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it.
- Exodus 12:51 הוֹצִ֨יא Hiphil pf 3ms It happened the same day, that Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
- Exodus 13:3 יְצָאתֶ֤ם הוֹצִ֧יא Qal pf 2mp Hiphil pf 3ms Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
- Exodus 13:4 יֹצְאִ֑ים Qal ptcp.act mp This day you go forth in the month Abib.
- Exodus 13:8 בְּ/צֵאתִ֖/י prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.'
- Exodus 13:9 הוֹצִֽאֲ/ךָ֥ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:14 הוֹצִיאָ֧/נוּ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
- Exodus 13:16 הוֹצִיאָ֥/נוּ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt."
- Exodus 14:8 יֹצְאִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
- Exodus 14:11 לְ/הוֹצִיאָ֖/נוּ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 1cp They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?
- Exodus 15:20 וַ/תֵּצֶ֤אןָ conj + Qal wimpf 3fp Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
- Exodus 15:22 וַ/יֵּצְא֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
- Exodus 16:1 לְ/צֵאתָ֖/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 16:3 הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם Hiphil pf 2mp and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
- Exodus 16:4 וְ/יָצָ֨א conj + Qal wpf 3ms Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
- Exodus 16:6 הוֹצִ֥יא Hiphil pf 3ms Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening, then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
- Exodus 16:27 יָצְא֥וּ Qal pf 3cp It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
- Exodus 16:29 יֵ֥צֵא Qal juss 3ms Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."
- Exodus 16:32 בְּ/הוֹצִיאִ֥/י prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 17:6 וְ/יָצְא֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Exodus 17:9 וְ/צֵ֖א conj + Qal impv 2ms Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
- Exodus 18:1 הוֹצִ֧יא Hiphil pf 3ms Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
- Exodus 18:7 וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
- Exodus 19:1 לְ/צֵ֥את prep + Qal inf.cs In the third month after the children of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
- Exodus 19:17 וַ/יּוֹצֵ֨א conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.
- Exodus 20:2 הוֹצֵאתִ֛י/ךָ Hiphil pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Exodus 21:2 יֵצֵ֥א Qal impf 3ms If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
- Exodus 21:3 יֵצֵ֑א וְ/יָצְאָ֥ה Qal impf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 3fs If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
- Exodus 21:4 יֵצֵ֥א Qal impf 3ms If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
- Exodus 21:5 אֵצֵ֖א Qal impf 1cs But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'
- Exodus 21:7 תֵצֵ֖א כְּ/צֵ֥את Qal impf 3fs prep + Qal inf.cs "If a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
- Exodus 21:11 וְ/יָצְאָ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
- Exodus 21:22 וְ/יָצְא֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
- Exodus 22:6 תֵצֵ֨א Qal impf 3fs "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Exodus 23:15 יָצָ֣אתָ Qal pf 2ms You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
- Exodus 23:16 בְּ/צֵ֣את prep + Qal inf.cs And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
- Exodus 25:32 יֹצְאִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;
- Exodus 25:33 הַ/יֹּצְאִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;
- Exodus 25:35 הַ/יֹּצְאִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
- Exodus 28:35 וּ/בְ/צֵאת֖/וֹ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall be on Aaron to minister: and the sound of it shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.
- Exodus 29:46 הוֹצֵ֧אתִי Hiphil pf 1cs They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Yahweh their God.
- Exodus 32:11 הוֹצֵ֨אתָ֙ Hiphil pf 2ms Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
- Exodus 32:12 הֽוֹצִיאָ/ם֙ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.
- Exodus 32:24 וַ/יֵּצֵ֖א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."
- Exodus 33:7 יֵצֵא֙ Qal impf 3ms Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it "The tent of meeting." It happened that everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
- Exodus 33:8 כְּ/צֵ֤את prep + Qal inf.cs It happened that when Moses went out to the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.
- Exodus 34:18 יָצָ֖אתָ Qal pf 2ms "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
- Exodus 34:34 צֵאת֑/וֹ וְ/יָצָ֗א Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + Qal pf 3ms But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
- Exodus 35:20 וַ/יֵּֽצְא֛וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
- Exodus 37:18 יֹצְאִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
- Exodus 37:19 הַ/יֹּצְאִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
- Exodus 37:21 הַ/יֹּצְאִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to go out” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb יצא (yâtsâʼ). One archaism survives in the King James Version — “went forth” — where modern Bibles read “went out”; see the renderings breakdown. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 991 verses — among the most common. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 1:12. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 3 stems, among them Qal and Hiphil. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3318 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 991
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 991 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #37
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 37 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 991 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 991 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 475 verses · 48%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 331 verses · 33%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 185 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Went out 115×, Came out 43×, Went forth 38×
- American Standard Version: Went out 110×, Went forth 37×, Came out 32×
- Berean Standard Bible: Went out 73×, Came out 46×, Go out 32×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Went out 134×, And 118×, Go out 75×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3318 across 1,075 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 351 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3318 across 1,094 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 380 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
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Renders H3318 across 1,032 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 372 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 34 further occurrences.
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Renders H3318 across 1,295 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 190 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
40 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 40 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. יָצָא Gn 10:11 + 92 times; 3 fs. יָצְֽאָה Nu 16:35 + 13 times; יָצָ֑אָה Is 28:29; 2 ms. יָצָאתָ Gn 24:5 + 7 times; 2 fs. וְיָצָאת Je 31:4; 2 mpl. יְצָאתֶם Ex 13:3 Dt 11:10; וִיצָאתֶם Ju 21:21 Mal 3:20; 3 pl. sf. יְצָאֻנִי Je 10:20, etc.; Impf. יֵצֵא Gn 15:4 + 64 times; וַיֵּצֵא 4:16 + 132 times; 3 fs. תֵּצֵא Ex 21:7 + 22 times; וַתֵּצֵא Gn 30:16 + 14 times; 2 ms. תֵּצֵא Dt 20:1 + 16 times; 3 pl. יֵצְאוּ Gn 15:14 +; יֵצֵ֑אוּ 17:6 +; 3 fpl. וַתֵּצֶ֫אנָה 1 S 18:6 2 K 2:24; וַתֵּצֶאןָ Ex 15:20; 2 fpl. תֵּצֶ֫אנָה Am 4:3 etc.; Imv. צֵא Gn 8:16 + 15 times; וָצֵ֑אָה Ju 9:29; fs. צְאִי Ct 1:8; mpl. צְאוּ Gn 19:14 + 11 times; צֵ֑אוּ Is 49:9; Ez 9:7 + Je 50:8 Qr (Kt יֵצֵ֑אוּ) צְאֶינָה Ct 3:11; Inf. abs. יָצוֹא Gn 8:7 + 2 times; יָצֹא 27:30 + 3 times; Inf. cstr. צֵאת 24:11 + 31 times; sf. צֵאתִי Ex 9:29 + 3 times; צֵאתֵנוּ Jos 9:12; צֵאתְךָ Dt 16:3 + 10 times, etc.; Pt. (יוֹצֵא) יֹצֵא Gn 2:10 + 62 times; fs. שֶׁיֹּצָא Ec 10:5; (יו׳) יֹצֵאת Gn 24:15 + 11 times; יֹצֵת Dt 28:57, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 10:11
- 1. go or come out or forth:
- a. from (מִן) a place, e.g. a tent Gn 31:33 (E; opp. בּוֹא בְ), מִפֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד Lv 8:33; 10:7 (P), cf. מִן־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ 21:12 (H); from a house 2 S 11:8, the doors (דלתי) of a house Jos 2:19 (JE), Ju 11:31; מִפֶּתַח ביתו Ex 12:22 (JE), from a camp 1 S 13:17; 2 K 7:12, a city Gn 19:14 (J), 12:4 (P), 1 K 11:29; 20:17; Mi 4:10 a cave 1 S 24:9, the ark Gn 9:18 (J), 8:16, 19 (both P); out of vineyards Ju 21:21; sq. acc. אֶת־הָעִיר Gn 44:4 (E), Ex 9:29 (J); c. בְּ also, of gate Je 17:19 Ne 2:13; sq. acc. local. לֹא אֵצֵא פָ֑תַח Jb 31:34; pt. cstr. יֹצְאֵי הַתֵּבָה Gn 9:10 (P), יֹצְאֵי שַׁעַר עִירוֹ 34:24 (P); abs. Jos 2:5 (JE), Ju 3:24 Ex 34:34 (P), Nu 33:3 (P; Israel going out [from Egypt]), 2 Ch 26:20 +; specif., of going out (מִן) from a land (of emigration) Gn 10:11, 14; 24:5 (all J); partic. of coming forth from (the land of) Egypt (the Exodus) Ex 12:41 (J), 13:3, 8; 23:15; 34:18 (JE), Nu 1:1 (P) 11:20; 22:5 (JE), and especially D, Dt 4:45, 46; 9:7; 11:10; 16:3(×2), 6; 23:5; 24:9; 25:17; Jos 2:10; 5:4, 5, 6 (all D), Nu 33:1 (P), 1 K 6:1; 8:9 = 2 Ch 5:10, 2 K 21:15; Je 7:25; Hg 2:5; ψ 114:1. e.g. Genesis 31:33
- b. go forth from (the presence of) a person: Ex 8:26; 9:23; 10:6 (all sq. מֵעִם), Gn 44:28 Ex 5:20 Jer 2:37 (מֵאֵת), Ju 3:19 (מֵעָלָיו); sq. מִלִּפְנֵי Gn 4:16 (J), 41:46; 47:10; Est 8:15; Ec 10:5; sq. מֵעִם פְּנֵי Jb 1:12, מֵאֵת פְּנֵי 2:7; sq. sf. יְצָאֻנִי Je 10:20 (v. De Ec 7:18). e.g. Exodus 8:26
- c. in technical senses: abs. go forth, of emancipation Ex 21:2, 3(×2), 4, 5, 7(×3), 11 (all JE), cf. יצא מִתַּחַת יַד־אֲרָם 2 K 13:5; of release in the year of jubilee, land, etc. Lv 25:28, 30, 31, 33 (all H), 27:21 (P); also of a debtor-slave 25:54 (H); of divorce וְיָצְֽאָה מִבֵּיתוֹ Dt 24:2; of condemnation בְּהִשָּֽׁפְטוֹ יֵצֵא רָשָׁע ψ 109:7 when he is judged let him go out as a criminal, i.e. be condemned; of bowels (מֵעִים) falling out by reason of disease 2 Ch 21:15, 19. e.g. Exodus 21:2
- d. of flight, involving escape: sq. הַחוּ֫צָה, ‖ נוּס, flee Gn 39:12, 15 (J), כִּי נָצֹא תֵצֵא Je 48:9; opp. taken (by lot) 1 S 14:41; רָעָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יוּכְלוּ לָצֵאת מִמֶּ֑נָּה Je 11:11 calamity from which they shall not be able to escape; perhaps also יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים יֵצֵא אֶת־כֻּלָּ֗ם Ec 7:18 he that feareth God shall escape (or be freed from, v. De Hi-Now Mishn.) all of them (see VB),—on acc. with יצא v. De. e.g. Genesis 39:12
- e. depart בְּצֵאת נַפְשָׁהּ Gn 35:18 i.e. when she was expiring; so תֵּצֵא רוּחוֹ ψ 146:4; בְּצֵאת הַיַּיִן מִנָּבָל 1 S 25:37 i.e. when Nabal became sober; also fig. וַיֵּצֵא לִבָּם Gn 42:28 (E) i.e. their heart failed (‖ וַיֶּחֶרְדוּ); rust from (מִן) caldron Ez 24:16 (v. Co Ez 12:5); of glory of י׳ 10:18; וַיֵּצֵא מִן בַּת־צִיּוֹן כָּל־הֲדָרָהּ La 1:6; hence inf. = exit, end בְּצֵאת הַשָּׁנָה Ex 23:16 (JE), and, redundantly, כְּעֵת צֵאת הַקֵּץ לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם 2 Ch 21:19 i.e. at the end of two years. e.g. Genesis 35:18
- f. of inanimate things: river out of Eden Gn 2:10 (J), water out of rock Ex 17:6 (E), Nu 20:11 (JE), from Leḥi Ju 15:19; of molten calf out of fire Ex 32:24 (E); of gold (after refining) Jb 23:10 (abs., in sim.); in prophecy of fountain from house of י׳ Ez 47:1, 8, 12 Zc 14:8 Jo 4:18; of seed (semen virile) from man Lv 15:16, 32 (P), 22:4 (H); of weapon which has pierced body 2 S 2:23 (מֵאַחֲרָיו), 2 K 9:24 (מִלִּבּוֹ), Jb 20:25 (מִגֵּוָה); וַתֵּצֵא אַחֲרָיו מַשְׂאַת הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 S 11:8 and there went out (= was sent out) after him the king’s portion (i.e. the food given by the king); idiomatically of expenditure of money 2 K 12:13 (abs., cf. Hiph. v 12); of swift movement of arrow from bow Zc 9:14 (like lightning), of lightning out of fire Ez 1:13; abs. of sunrise (subj. שֶׁמֶשׁ) Ju 5:31 (in sim.), Gn 19:23, cf. Is 13:10 (so Assyrian, e.g. ultu ṣît šanši adi êrib šanši COT Gn 19:23); of rising of stars (כּוֹכָבִים) Ne 4:15; of sentence of judge Hb 1:4(×2) ψ 17:2; of judgment, or right appearing (with sim. of light) Hos 6:5 (read וּמִשְׁפָּטִי כָאוֹר יֵצֵא), Is 62:1; of a lot וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף Jos 16:1 (JE), and especially P, Nu 33:54 Jos 19:1, 17, 24, 32, 40; 21:4, cf. also ויצא גְּבוּל גּוֹרָלָם 18:11 (P). e.g. Genesis 2:10
- g. with especial emphasis on idea of origin, source: hyssop out of the wall 1 K 5:13; מיהוה יצא הדבר Gn 24:50 (J) from י׳ has the thing proceeded, of a providential arrangement, so מֵעִם י׳ Is 28:29; מֵרְשָׁעִים יֵצֵא רֶשַׁע 1 S 24:14 (an ancient proverb); of pollution proceeding from (מֵאֵת) prophets Je 23:15; of fire from Heshbon Nu 21:28 (JE) Je 48:45, cf. Ju 9:15, 20(×2); of fire מִלִּפְנֵי י׳ Lv 9:24; 10:2, מֵאֵת י׳ Nu 16:35 (all P); in theophany יצא רֶשֶׁף לְרַגְליו Hb 3:5; iniquity from unreceptive heart ψ 73:7 (v. i. חֵלֶב 1); wrath מִלִּפְנֵי י׳ Nu 17:11 (P); abs. Je 4:4 = 21:12, 23:19 = 30:23; so salvation Is 51:5; וְנִשְׁמַת־מִי יָצְֽאָה מִמֶּךָּ Jb 26:4; of words going forth from mouth of speaker (of solemn or formal speech) לֹא יֵצֵא מִפִּיכֶם דָּבָר Jos 6:10 (JE), Ju 11:36 1 S 2:3 Je 44:17 Jb 37:2 Est 7:8, also Nu 30:3; 32:24 (both P); of י׳’s words going forth from his mouth, or from him Is 45:23; 48:3; 51:4; 55:11 Ez 33:30; of י׳’s words, instruction, command, etc., going forth Is 2:3 = Mi 4:2 (from Jerusalem), Dn 9:23; of human commandment Est 1:19, cf. v 17. e.g. 1 Kings 5:13
- h. of children as going forth from loins (of father) מִמֵּעִים 2 S 7:12; 16:11; מֵחֲלָצִים Gn 35:11 (P), 1 K 8:19 = 2 Ch 6:9; sq. מִן alone 2 K 20:18 = Is 39:7; also יֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ Ju 8:30 Gn 46:26 Ex 1:5 (both P); also of birth מֵרֶחֶם (אִמּוֹ) Nu 12:12 (JE), Je 1:5; 20:18 Jb 3:11; fig. of sea 38:8, of ice v 29; מִבֶּטֶן אִמּוֹ Jb 1:21 Ec 5:14; lit., source not expr., Gn 25:25, 26; 38:28, 29, 30 (all J); of untimely birth Ex 21:22 (JE); cf. הַיּוֹצֵ֯ת מִבֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ Dt 28:57 (‖ תֵּלֵד); of family or race connexion (sq. מִן) Na 1:11 Is 48:1 1 Ch 1:12; 2:53; יצא also of produce of vine (מִגֶּפֶן) Ju 13:14, cf. הַיֹּצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה Dt 14:22 (read יצא Sam., v. Di); אֶרֶץ מִמֶּנָּה יצא לֶחֶם Jb 28:5; of viper proceeding from serpent’s root Is 14:29; further, with idea of unfolding, growth Jb 8:16; 14:2; 31:40; וְיָצָא חֹטֶר מִגֶּזַע יִשָׁ֑י Is 11:1; of the little horn Dn 8:9; so of branches of candlestick in tabernacle Ex 25:32, 33, 35; 37:18, 19, 21 (all P); then simply project (tower from wall) Ne 3:25, 26, 27; of measuring-line going forth (abs.) in a particular direction Je 31:39; of a boundary(-line) going out (abs.) so as then to turn and make an angle Nu 34:4, 9 Jos 15:3, 4, 9, 11(×2); 16:2, 6, 7; 18:15(×2), 17(×2); 19:12, 13, 27, 34, 47. e.g. 2 Samuel 7:12
- 2.
- a. go forth to a place Gn 27:3 (J), Je 14:18 Ez 3:22 Zc 6:6(×2), 7 +; so וַיֵּצֵא הַפַּרְשְׁדֹ֫נָה Ju 3:22 (see VB); go forth in surrender 1 S 11:3 (sq. אֶל pers.), 2 K 18:31 = Is 36:16, Je 38:17, 21; אֵין פֶּרֶץ וְאֵין יוֹצֵאת ψ 144:14; into captivity לֹא יָֽצְאוּ אִתְּכֶם בַּגּוֹלָה Je 29:16, cf. 48:7 Zc 14:2; to work Ru 2:22 also יָצָא מִן־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה Je 22:11, cf. בָּנַי יְצָאֻנִי 10:20. e.g. Genesis 27:3
- b. proceed to or toward something, fig., מֵרָעָה אֶל־רָעָה יָצָ֑אוּ Je 9:2 from evil to evil they go on; in like manner 2 S 20:8 si vera l., but read rather וְהִיא יָצְֽאָה and it (i.e. the sword) came out (of the sheath) and fell 𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu. e.g. Jeremiah 9:2
- c. come or go forth, with especially ref. to purpose or result: וְיָצָאתִי אַחֲרָיו וְהִכִּתִיו 1 S 17:35, cf. 24:15; יָצָא שָׁאוּל לְבַקֵּשׁ נַפְשׁוֹ 23:15, cf. 26:20, further 2 S 2:13; 18:4 1 K 20:18(×2), 19, 39 2 K 5:2 Mi 1:11 Je 37:5 Zc 14:3 Dn 11:11, 44 +; of an adulteress Pr 7:15; of an angel Nu 22:32 (JE), Dn 9:22; for יֵצֵא … אִתְּכֶם 1 S 22:3 (let my father etc. go forth [to be] with you, cf. Klo) read perhaps יֵשְׁבוּ as 𝔖 𝔙 Kit, v. also Dr; of army marching out to form battle line יֹצֵא אֶל־הַמַּעֲרָכָה 1 S 17:20 (c. art., MT, בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יָצְֽאוּ Ju 2:15 in all to which they went forth, יָצָא לפני 1 S 8:20 of king going out at the head of his soldiers; so of י׳ before his people Ju 4:14 2 S 5:24 ψ 68:8, cf. 108:12 1 Ch 14:15; of י׳ going out from Seir Ju 5:14, cf. Hb 3:13; of the hand of י׳, in hostility יָֽצְאָה בִי יַד־י׳ Ru 1:13; abs. of fire breaking out Ex 22:5 (JE). e.g. 1 Samuel 17:35
- 3. of combinations, note especially: יָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב (inf. abs.) Gn 8:7 going out and returning, nearly = to and fro; אִישׁ יוֹצֵא … יֹצֵא יָצוֹא וּמְקַלֵּל 2 S 16:5 = coming forth, cursing as he came; יצא ובא, lit. אֵין יוֹצֵא וְאֵין בָּא Jos 6:1 none went out and none came in, i.e. there was no free egress or ingress (of besieged city), cf. 1 K 15:17 = 2 Ch 16:1, 2 Ch 15:5; to go out and come in before, of leader in war Nu 27:17 1 S 18:16, cf. 29:6; fig. Dt 28:6 blesssed shalt thou be בבואך ובצאתך, i.e. when thou completest and beginnest any undertaking, so v 19; 31:2 לא אוכל לצאת ולבוא, i.e. I can no more engage in active undertakings; similarly Jos 14:11 1 K 3:7 Is 37:28 (+ שִׁבְתְּךָ) = 2 K 19:27, ψ 121:8. e.g. Genesis 8:7
Hiphil
- Pf. הוֹצִיא Gn 14:18 +; וְהוֹצִא consec. Dt 22:14; הוֹצֵאתָ Ex 32:11 + 7 times; וְהוֹצֵאתָ֫ Nu 20:8 + 3 times; 2 fs. וְהוֹצֵאת 1 K 17:13; sf. הוֹצִיאַ֫נִי Ez 42:15; הוֹצִיאָ֫נוּ Ex 13:14 + 2 times; הוֹצִיאֲךָ Dt 6:12; 16:1, הוֹצִאֲךָ Ex 13:9 Dt 7:19; הוֹצִיאָם Ex 32:12 + 2 times, etc.; Impf. (יֹצִא) יוֹצִיא Lv 16:27 + 9 times; (וַיֹּצֵא) וַיּוֹצֵא Gn 15:5 + 23 times; (וַיֹּצִא) וַיּוֹצִא Dt 4:20 + 4 times; sf. יוֹצִיאֵנִי Mi 7:9; וַיּוֹצִאֲךָ Dt 4:37; 5:15; וַיּוֹצִאָהּ Ex 4:6, 7; 3 fs. תּוֹצִיא Is 61:11 Hg 1:11; juss. תּוֹצֵא Gn 1:24; וַתּוֹצֵא v 12 Ru 2:18; 2 ms. תּוֹצִיא Ex 12:46 + 5 times; הֲתֹצִיא Jb 38:32, וַתֹּצֵא Je 32:21; (וַיֹּצִאוּ) וַיּוֹצִיאוּ Lv 24:23 +; sf. וַיּוֹצִיאֻהוּ 2 K 12:12; וַיֹּצִאֻהוּ Gn 19:16; וַיֹּצִיאֻהוּ 1 K 21:13; יוֹצִיאוּם 1 Ch 9:28, etc.; Imv. הוֹצֵא Gn 19:12 + 5 times + 8:17 Kt (Qr הַיְצֵא); הוֹצִיא Is 43:8; הוֹצִ֫יאָה ψ 142:8; sf. הוֹצִיאֵנִי 25:17 1 K 22:34, etc.; Inf. cstr. הוֹצִיא Ex 6:13 +; sf. (הוֹצִאִי) הוֹצִיאִי Ex 16:32 +; לְהוֹצִאֵהוּ Je 39:14, anom. (Köi. 642), etc.; Pt. מוֹצִיא Ex 6:7 + 11 times; מוֹצֵא ψ 135:7; sf. מוֹצִיאִי 2 S 22:49, מוֹצִיאֲךָ Dt 8:14; 13:11, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 14:18
- 1. cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out:
- a. a person from a place, + מִן loc., out of prison, etc. Gn 40:14 (E), Je 20:3, 52:31 (not ‖ 2 K 25:27); so with the servant of י׳ subj. Is 42:7; out of house Jos 6:22 (JE), a city Gn 19:12 (J), Ez 14:22 (so 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Co VB; MT Hoph.); of י׳ bringing people of Jerusalem out of city to deliver them to enemy Ez 11:7 (MT (one) shall bring, but read i s., see VB), v 9; from a land Je 26:23; especially of Moses bringing Israelites out of Egypt Ex 3:10, 11, 12 (E), 14:11 (J); of Moses and Aaron 6:13, 26, 27 (P); of י׳ bringing Israelites out of (מִן) Egypt Ex 18:1; 20:2 Jos 24:6 (all E), Ex 13:3, 9, 14, 16; 32:11 Nu 20:16; 23:22; 24:8 (all JE), Dt 1:27; 4:20, 37; 5:6, 15; 6:12, 21, 23; 8:14; 9:12, 26, 28; 13:6, 11; 16:1; 26:8 (all D), Lv 19:36; 22:33; 23:43; 25:38, 42, 55; 26:13, 45 (all H), Ex 6:6, 7 (מִתַּחַת סִבְלֹת מצרים), 7:4, 5; 12:17, 42, 51; 16:6, 32; 29:46 Nu 15:41 (all P), Ju 2:12; 6:8 1 S 12:8; 1 K 8:16 = 2 Ch 6:5, 1 K 8:21, 51, 53; 9:9; Je 7:22; 11:4; 31:32; 32:21; 34:13 Ez 20:6, 10, cf. v 9 (del. Co), 2 Ch 7:22 ψ 136:11 Dn 9:15; abs., same sense, Jos 24:5 (E), Dt 7:8, 19 Ez 20:14, 22 ψ 105:37, 43; of י׳ bringing Israelites out of exile (sq. מִן) Ez 20:34, 41; 34:13; obj. rebels (out of, מִן, land) Ez 20:38; of charioteer bringing Ahab out of battle 1 K 22:34 = 2 Ch 18:33; of Joseph’s bringing out his sons from between Jacob’s knees Gn 48:12 (E). e.g. Genesis 40:14
- b. of bringing from a place for a particular purpose (human subj.) Ex 19:17 (מִן); also (point of departure not expr., and purpose sometimes only implied) Gn 38:24 (J), Jos 2:3; 6:23(×2) Ju 6:30 2 S 12:31 = 1 Ch 20:3, 2 K 11:12 = 2 Ch 23:11, 2 Ch 23:14 Is 43:8; י׳ subj., of bringing Israelites out of Egypt to slay them Ex 32:16 (JE), Dt 9:28, 29; obj. Gog Ez 38:4; subj. יַד י׳ Ez 37:1. e.g. Exodus 19:17
- c. lead out as an army 2 S 10:16 = 1 Ch 19:16, so of י׳ Is 43:17; hence with הֵבִיא, of a ruler’s function to lead people out and in 2 S 5:2 = 1 Ch 11:2, Nu 27:17 (P). e.g. 2 Samuel 10:16
- d. הוֹצִיא מֵרֶחֶם of God’s agency in birth Jb 10:18. e.g. Job 10:18
- e. = remove (from a person’s presence) הוֹצִיאוּ כָל־אִישׁ מֵעָלָ֑י Gn 45:1 2 S 13:9; without ‖ מעל v 18. e.g. Genesis 45:1
- f. of putting away wives and children Ezr 10:3, 19 (opp. הוֹשִׁיב v 2, cf. יצאה מביתו Dt 24:2). e.g. Ezra 10:3
- g. bring out person unto (אֶל) a place (human subj.) Jos 10:22, 23 (JE), Dt 17:5; 22:21, 24 (all D), Lv 24:14, 23 (H), Nu 15:36 (P; all אֶל־מִחוּץ), 1 K 21:10, 13 (מִחוּץ of motion to), 2 K 11:15 = 2 Ch 23:14; לְהוֹצִאֵהוּ אֶל־הַבָּ֑יִת Je 39:14; subj. angels in form of men Gn 19:16, 17 (J), Ez 42:1, 15; 46:21; 47:2; also Gn 15:5 (JE; י׳ subj.); for a specific purpose Ex 16:3 (P). e.g. Joshua 10:22
- h. unto a person Gn 43:23 (J), with purpose expressed or implied Ho 9:13 Gn 19:5, 8 (J), Ju 19:22, 24; Jos 10:24 (JE), Je 38:23 Ezr 8:17 (c. על) Kt (but read Qr אֲצַוֶּה). e.g. Genesis 43:23
- i. unto a place and a person Jos 10:22, 23 (JE), Dt 21:19 Ju 19:25. e.g. Joshua 10:22
- 2. fig., obj. persons, bring out of (מִן) distress, etc. ψ 25:17; 68:7; 107:14, 28; 142:8; 143:11; deliver from enemies 2 S 22:49 (but ‖ ψ 18:49 מְפַלְּטִי) one’s feet out of net ψ 25:15; 31:5; bring out into a large place 2 S 22:20 = ψ 18:20, cf. ψ 66:12. e.g. Psalms 25:17
- 3. bring out animals: horses out of Egypt 1 K 10:29 = 2 Ch 1:17 (but read Qal יֵצְאוּ 𝔊 Klo Kmp in KauAT), 2 Ch 1:17; 9:28; animals (from ark, no מן) Gn 8:17 (P) for sacrifice, to a place Nu 19:3. e.g. 1 Kings 10:29
- 4. inanimate obj.:
- a. carry or bring out (with and without מִן) Ex 12:39 (E) Am 6:10 2 S 12:30 = 1 Ch 20:2, 2 K 10:26; 23:4, 6; 24:13 1 Ch 9:28 2 Ch 29:5, 16(×2); 34:14 Je 8:1; 17:22; 50:25 (subj. י׳), Ez 12:4, 7 (in v 5, 6, 7b, 12 read Qal, cf. v 4b, so Co), also 24:6 (Co 24:10); obj. הָאֶבֶן הָרֹאשָׁה Zc 4:7; Lv 26:10 (H), Ezr 1:7(×2), 8. e.g. Exodus 12:39
- b. take or draw out (from one’s person or luggage) Gn 24:53 (J); draw out hand from one’s bosom Ex 4:6, 7 (J), cf. Ru 2:18 (food from one’s cupboard). e.g. Genesis 24:53
- c. = draw חַרְבִּי מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ Ez 21:8, 10 (subj. י׳). e.g. Ezekiel 21:8
- d. bring out to a place Dt 28:38 Lv 4:12, 21; 6:4; 14:45; 16:27 Ez 46:20, cf. Dt 14:28. e.g. Deuteronomy 28:38
- e. bring out to (or for) a person Gn 14:18 Ju 6:19 cf. v 18, 1 K 17:13 2 K 10:22(×2). e.g. Genesis 14:18
- f. bring out from (מִן) a place to people Nu 17:24 (P). e.g. Numbers 17:24
- g. bring out in payment, pay (money, tribute, etc.) 2 K 12:12; 15:20 (עַל = in behalf of: or put it forth, imposed it, on Israel). e.g. 2 Kings 12:12
- h. bring forth (= cause to rise or appear) the heavenly bodies Is 40:26 Jb 38:32; see also וְתַעֲלֻמָה יֹצִא אוֹר 28:11 and hidden things he (the miner) bringeth forth to light. e.g. Isaiah 40:26
- i. bring forth by miracle: Moses, water out of rock Nu 20:8, 10 (JE); י׳, id. Dt 8:15 Ne 9:15 ψ 78:16. e.g. Numbers 20:8
- j. = produce, generate, bring into being: of magicians trying to produce lice Ex 8:14 (P); a smith producing weapon Is 54:16; see the threefold הוציא Pr 30:33(×3); of י׳ causing לֶחֶם to proceed out of (מִן) earth ψ 104:14; elsewhere of earth as producing Gn 1:12, 24 (both P), Is 61:11 Hg 1:11; of Aaron’s rod bringing forth blossoms Nu 17:23 (P). k. bring forth words (out of mouth, etc.), i.e. speak Jb 8:10; 15:13 Pr 10:18; 29:11 Ne 6:19 Is 48:20 (‖ הגיד, השׁמיע); abs. Ec 5:1; of publishing a report הו׳ עָלֶיהָ שֵׁם רָ֑ע Dt 22:14 (‖ שָׂם לָתּ עֲלִילֹת דְּבָרִים), cf. v 19; הו׳ דִּבַּת הָאָרֶץ (רָעָה) Nu 13:32; 14:37; so 14:36 (דִּבָּה עַל־הָאָרֶץ). e.g. Exodus 8:14
- 5. fig., subj. י׳, bring forth from (מִן) Bel’s mouth what he has swallowed Je 51:44; wind, out of treasuries 10:13; 51:16 ψ 135:7; fire, out of Tyre Ez 28:18; curse, over the land Zc 5:4; of Jeremiah, אִם תּוֹצִיא יָקָר מִזּוֹלֵל Je 15:19 if thou bring forth the precious from (Gie without) the base, i.e if thou free that which is pure in thee from base admixture (Gf; Gie if thou produce the noble without the base); bring forth, i.e. exhibit, righteousness (innocence Che) ψ 37:6 Je 51:10 (cf. Qal 1 f end); וַיֹּצֵא לָאוֹר צַלְמָוֶת Jb 12:22, cf. Mi 7:9; subj. servant of י׳, of publishing מִשְׁפָּט (i.e. religion) to the world Is 42:1, 3. e.g. Jeremiah 51:44
Hophal
- Pf. 3 fs. הוּצָ֑אָה Ez 38:8 (del. Co); Pt. fs. מוּצֵאת Gn 38:25; m.pl. מוּצָאִים Ez 14:22; 47:8 (but v. infr.); f.pl. מוּצָאוֹת Je 38:22;—be brought forth Gn 38:25 (J; of Tamar); of women as captives Je 38:22; remnant out of Jerusalem Ez 14:22 MT (but read Hiph., v. supr.); exiles, from among the peoples 38:8 (om. 𝔖 Co); of waters, אֶל־הַיָּ֫מָּה הַמּוּצָאִים Ez 47:8 which are caused to flow into the sea (but 𝔖 Co אֶל־הַמַּיִם הַחֲמוּצִים into the sour (bitter, salt) waters, see Field VB). e.g. Ezekiel 38:8
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. go or come out (NH id.; Aramaic יְעָא; Ethiopic ወፅአ, ወጽአ Assyrian âṣû DlHWB 237, all = go out, forth; Syriac ܝܺܥܳܐ go forth (in sense of germinate), grow; Ph. יצא march out; cf. SI5 המוצא the source (of water); Sab. וצֿא go out, DHM in MV; Arabic وَضُؤَ is be or become fair, beautiful, neat, clean, cf. Nö ZMG 1886, 725)—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יָצָא
- (b. h.)
- 1. to go forth; to rise (of the sun); to go out. Gen. R. s. 39 אֵצֵא ויהיו וכ׳ I shall leave (my father’s house), and they may desecrate &c. Ib. י׳ לו מוניטון a medal was issued in his memory, v. מוֹנִיטוֹן. Gen. R. s. 6 בשעה שהוא יוצא when he (the sun) rises; בשעה שהיא יוֹצֵאת when she (the moon) rises. Snh. 52ᵃ ארור שיָצָאת זו מחלציו (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) cursed is he from whose loins this woman went forth.—Sabb. V, 1 במה … יוֹצְאָה what is an animal permitted to wear on going out (on the Sabbath)? Ib. VI, 1 לא תֵצֵא וכ׳ a woman must not wear on going out &c.; a. v. fr.
- 2. to end; to go to the end of, to live through. Y. Ber. VIII, 12ᵇ bot. כיון שיָצָת שבת when the Sabbath ended. Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ top אינו יוצא שבתו ולא יָ׳ וכ׳ he shall not live to the end of this week, and he did not arrive at the end of the week before he was dead; (Erub. 63ᵃ הוציא שנתו, v. infra); a. e.
- 3. to be expended. Num. R. s. 14, end, v. הוֹצָאָה.
- 4. to be excluded; exempt; (rarely) to exclude, deduct. Y. Ned. II, beg. 37ᵇ י׳ דבר של איסור this is to exclude a vow concerning a forbidden act; Bab. Ned. 17ᵃ י׳ נשבע לבטל וכ׳ this excludes the case of one who makes oath that he will disregard a law. Y. Yeb. I, 2ᶜ top אשר תלד יָצְתָה זו וכ׳ ‘whom she may bear’ (Deut. XXV, 6), herewith is excluded she (the אַיְילוֹנִית) who &c.; a. v. fr.—Y. Ḥag. I, 76ᶜ top צֵא מהם שני ימים deduct from them two days; ib. צא שבת מהם deduct the Sabbath day.—Esp. idiomatic uses: a) י׳ בן חורין, י׳ לחירות, or only י׳ to be freed. Peah III, 8; Gitt. 42ᵃ. Kidd. 24ᵃ יוצאבשן וכ׳ he is freed, when his master caused his loss of a tooth or an eye; a. v. fr.—b) (of a wife) to be sent away, to be divorced. Keth. VII, 6 ואלו יוֹצְאוֹת שלא בכתובה the following wives have to leave without receiving their K’thubah. Ib. 7 תֵּצֵא she must leave. Ib. X, 5; a. v. fr.—c) י׳ ידי (or מִידֵי) to go out of the power of; to be released; to do justice to, be justified before. Shek. III, 2 … לפי שאדם צריך לָצֵאת ידי הבריות לָצֵאת ידי המקום because man must appear justified before men as well as before God; Ex. R. s. 51; a. fr.—י׳ ידי חובתו, or י׳ to comply with the requirements of the law. Ber. 8ᵇ. Ib. II, 1 אם כיון לבו י׳ if he read with attention, he has done his duty (which requires the reading of the Sh’ma). Y. Shek. III, 47ᵇ bot. מהו לצאת וכ׳ is the law complied with when one uses wine &c.?—Mekh. Bo, Pisḥa, s. 6; a. v. fr.—Gen. R. s. 39 לא יָצָאתָה ידי השבועה thou hast not redeemed thy oath; ib. s. 49; Lev. R. s. 10, beg.—Makhsh. VI, 5; Tosef. Toh. X, 3 י׳ מידי שמן, v. מוֹחַל.—י׳ מידי פשוטו, v. מִקְרָא.—d) י׳ מן הכלל or י׳ to be taken out of the general rule, to be specified (although being implied in the general rule). Sifra, introd. כל דבר שהיה בכלל וי׳ … לא ללמד על עצמו י׳ וכ׳ whatever would have been implied in the general law and yet is specified again (in the Biblical text) in order to teach (something not mentioned before), has been specified not only to teach something new concerning the specific case, but to teach it concerning the whole class. Ib. י׳ לטעון, v. טָעַן I. Tem. I, 6 ולמה י׳ and for what purpose are tithes especially mentioned (Lev. XXVII, 30, sq.)?; a. fr.—e) כַּיּוֹצֵא ב־ like that which passes with it (in the same class), similar; in a similar way. Pes. III, 2 אם יש כי׳ בו שהחמיץ if there is a similar dough (started simultaneously with the one in question) which has begun to ferment. Ber. 59ᵇ, sq. ואין לו כי׳ בו when he has no house like it; כי׳ בהם garments like them. Zeb. V, 6 המורם מהם כי׳ בהם what is taken of them for the priest, is like them (subject to the same laws). M. Kat. 16ᵇ כי׳ בדבר אתה אומר וכ׳ in a similar way (as something coming under the same category) you read &c. Sifré Num. 32; a. v. fr.—f) י׳ שכרו בהפסדו its benefit is lost in its disadvantage; i.e. benefit and disadvantage are counterbalanced. Ab. V, 11, sq.—g) (euphem.) to retire for human needs (v. Toh. X, 2). Ber. 62ᵃ השכם וצֵא וכ׳ go out early in the morning &c. Ex. R. s. 9 ואינו יוצא לנקביו and has no human needs. Ib. לא היה יוצא אלא וכ׳ he used to go out only to the water (to make believe he was a superhuman being); a. fr.—h) to be proved, identified. Keth. II, 3 היה כתב ידם יוצא ממקום אחר if their signature can be identified otherwise (than by their own declaration); a. e. e.g. Deuteronomy 25:6
- 1. to take out, to lead forth, bring forth; to release, discharge, send off. Ber. VI, 1 before eating bread one says, המוֹצִיא לחם וכ׳ (blessed be thou, O Lord) who hast brought forth bread out of the earth (v. ib. 38ᵃ as to המוציא or מוציא); ib. 37ᵇ; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 41ᵇ, a. fr. אין ספק מוציא וכ׳, v. וַדַּאי. B. Mets. 37ᵇ לא זו הדרך מוֹצִיאָתוֹ מידי עבירה עד וכ׳ this is not the way that relieves him from sin (this is no full atonement), (he is not relieved) until he pays &c.; Yeb. XV, 7. Ib. 6, sq. אין זו דרך מוֹצִיאָתָהּ וכ׳ she is not relieved from the possibility of sin, unless she is not permitted to marry again and forbidden to partake of T’rumah.—Ib. 36ᵇ יוֹצִיא (יוֹצִיאָהּ) בגט he dismisses her with a letter of divorce. Ib. ואם נשא יוציא and if he married her (against the law), he must dismiss her (divorce her); a. fr.—Ab. II, 11, a. fr. מוֹצִיאִין את האדם מן העולם take a man out of the world, i.e. cause him to lose the true enjoyment of life.
- 2. to exclude. Y. Yeb. I, 2ᶜ top איילונית מטעם אחר הוֹצֵאתָהּ the aylonith thou dost (the law does) exclude for another reason (v. supra). Num. R. s. 14, end אוֹצִיא את ישראל let me exclude the Israelites, א׳ את הזקנים the elders; a. fr.—להוֹצִיא (= ch. לאפוקי, v. אַפֵּק, or למעוטי, v. מעט) to the exclusion of. Succ. 28ᵃ; Kidd. 34ᵃ האזרח לה׳ את הנשים ‘the native’ (Lev. XXIII, 42) intimates the exemption of women (from the duty of dwelling in booths); a. v. fr. e.g. Leviticus 23:42
- 3. to lead to the end, to live through. Erub. 63ᵃ, v. supra.—4) to produce, present. Keth. XIII, 8 המוציא שטר חוב … והלה ה׳ וכ׳ if one produces a note of indebtedness against his neighbor, and the latter produces evidence that the claimant sold him a field (and paid him, which he would not have done, if he had a claim). Ib. 9. Ib. IX, 9 הוֹצִיאָה גט if she produces a letter of divorce; a. v. fr.—5) to spend, lay out. Ib. VIII, 5, v. הוֹצָאָה; a. fr.—Esp. idiomatic uses: a) ה׳ ידי חוב־ or ה׳ (v. supra) to be the instrument of a person’s complying with the law, e.g. to read a prayer and thus cause the listener to perform his duty as though he read it himself; to act in another’s behalf effectively. R. Hash. III, 5 אין מוֹצִיאִין את הרבים ידי חובתן they cannot act (blow the Shofar) in behalf of the assembled congregation. Ib. 29ᵃ אע"פ שיצא מוציא although he has done his duty (has read the prayer for himself), he may act in behalf of others. Ib. ולעצמו מוציא and can he (the half-slave and half-freedman) act in his own behalf?; a. fr.—b) to collect, to claim. Keth. VIII, 1 הבעל מוציא מיד הלקוחות the husband can reclaim the property from those who bought it. B. Kam. III, 11 המוציא מחבירו עליו הראייה the claimant must produce evidence; a. v. fr.—c) to utter. Arakh. 5ᵃ, a. fr. אין אדם מוציא דבריו לבטלה no man utters his words for no purpose (he must have meant something).—ה׳ לעז to slander, discredit. Sabb. 97ᵃ, a. fr., v. לַעַז.—d) to carry an object (on the Sabbath) out of a private to a public place, or from one private place to another, v. רָשׁוּת. Sabb. VII, 2, sq.; a. fr.—e) to secrete. Sifré Num. 88 יש לך … שאין מוציא וכ׳ is there a woman-born being that does not discharge the food he eats?; a. e.—f) ה׳ שבת to dismiss the Sabbath with prayer, opp. הכניס. Sabb. 118ᵇ מוֹצִיאֵי שבת וכ׳ those who dismiss the Sabbath at Sepphoris.
יצָא
- to end, only in Shaf. שֵׁיצֵא q. v.
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Forms in the corpus
The 571 distinct written forms H3318 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 511 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3318, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- יצא yᵉtsâʼ H3319 to finish
- יציא yâtsîyʼ H3329 offspring
- מוצא môwtsâʼ H4161 going forth
- צאה tsâʼâh H6627 filth
- צאצא tseʼĕtsâʼ H6631 offspring
- תוצאה tôwtsâʼâh H8444 outgoing
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 952 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 991 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:12
- Exodus 1:5
- Leviticus 4:12
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:27
- Joshua 2:3
- Judges 1:24
- Ruth 1:7
- 1 Samuel 2:3
- 2 Samuel 2:12
- 1 Kings 2:30
- 2 Kings 2:3
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