4161. motsa
Strong's Lexicon
motsa: Going forth, exit, source, place of going out, utterance, east, spring

Original Word: מוֹצָא
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mowtsa'
Pronunciation: mo-tsaw'
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-tsaw')
Definition: Going forth, exit, source, place of going out, utterance, east, spring
Meaning: a going forth, an egress, an exit, a source, product, dawn, the rising of the sun, exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow

Word Origin: Derived from the root יָצָא (yatsa), meaning "to go out" or "to come forth."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 1831 (ἐξέρχομαι, exerchomai): To go out, come out

- Strong's Greek 1607 (ἐκπορεύομαι, ekporeuomai): To go forth, proceed

Usage: The Hebrew word "motsa" primarily refers to the concept of "going forth" or "exit." It can denote a physical place of departure, such as a spring or source of water, or metaphorically refer to the origin or source of something, including utterances or decrees. In some contexts, it is used to describe the east, as the direction from which the sun "goes forth."

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of "going forth" was significant in both physical and metaphorical senses. Springs and sources of water were vital for survival in the arid regions of the Near East, making "motsa" a term of life-giving importance. Additionally, the idea of "going forth" was often associated with divine action or decree, reflecting the belief in God's active role in creation and history.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from yatsa
Definition
a place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring
NASB Translation
east (1), exits (3), fountains (1), going (2), going forth (1), import (1), imported (1), issuing (1), mine (1), outlet (1), proceeds (2), rising (1), seeds (1), spring (2), springs (2), starting places (2), utterance (2), what goes (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. מוֺצָא noun masculineHosea 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); דָּבָר ׳מ Daniel 9:25 going forth of a command.

b. concrete, מוֺצָאֵי גּוֺלָה 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; Ezekiel 43:11 (opposed to מוֺבָאָיו); מוֺצָאֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ Ezekiel 44:5 (opposed to מְבוֺא הַבַּיִת).

2 that which goes forth:

a. utteranc of mouth or lips (especially of solemn or formal speech), ׳מוֺצָא פִייֿ Deuteronomy 8:3; ׳שְׂפָתַי מ Jeremiah 17:16; Psalm 89:35; so Deuteronomy 23:24; Numbers 30:13 (P).

b. export of horses 1 Kings 10:23 2Chronicles 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), Psalm 107:35 ("" אֲגַםמֿים) = Isaiah 41:18 ("" id.); מוֺצָא מֵימֵי גִיחוֺן הָעֶלְיוֺן2Chronicles 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, Psalm 65:9 מוֺצָאֵי בֹּקֶר וָעֶרֶב i.e. the east and the west (compare the two Orients, Qor 43:37).

d. place whence silver comes = mine Job 28:1; וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶשֶׁא Job 38:27 and to cause the growing-place (others, the growth) of young grass to sprout.

Strong's Exhaustive 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'

Forms and Transliterations
וּכְמוֹצָ֣א וּמֹצָ֥אֵי וּמוֹצָ֥א וּמוֹצָ֧א וּמוֹצָאָ֡יו וכמוצא ומוצא ומוצאיו ומצאי כְּמוֹצָאֵ֖י כמוצאי לְמֹצָ֥אֵי לְמוֹצָ֥אֵי לְמוֹצָאֵיהֶֽם׃ למוצאי למוצאיהם׃ למצאי מ֤וֹצָֽאֵי־ מִ֭מּוֹצָא מֹ֣צָא מֹצָ֣א מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ מֽוֹצָא֗וֹ מוֹצָ֑א מוֹצָ֞א מוֹצָ֣א מוֹצָ֣אֵיהֶ֔ן מוֹצָ֥א מוֹצָ֨א מוֹצָֽאֲךָ֙ מוֹצָאֵ֥י מוֹצָאֵיהֶ֛ם מוצא מוצאו מוצאי מוצאי־ מוצאיהם מוצאיהן מוצאך ממוצא מצא kə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê kemotzaEi kəmōwṣā’ê lə·mō·ṣā·’ê lə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê lə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hem ləmōṣā’ê lemoTzaei lemotzaeiHem ləmōwṣā’ê ləmōwṣā’êhem mim·mō·w·ṣā mimmōwṣā Mimotza mō·ṣā mō·w·ṣā mō·w·ṣā·’ă·ḵā mō·w·ṣā·’ê mō·w·ṣā·’ê- mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hem mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hen mō·w·ṣā·’ōw mōṣā moTza motzaaCha Motzaei motzaeiHem moTzaeiHen motzaO mōwṣā mōwṣā’ăḵā mōwṣā’ê mōwṣā’ê- mōwṣā’êhem mōwṣā’êhen mōwṣā’ōw ū·ḵə·mō·w·ṣā ū·mō·ṣā·’ê ū·mō·w·ṣā ū·mō·w·ṣā·’āw uchemoTza ūḵəmōwṣā ūmōṣā’ê umoTza umotzaAv umoTzaei ūmōwṣā ūmōwṣā’āw
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Numbers 30:12
HEB: שָׁמְעוֹ֒ כָּל־ מוֹצָ֨א שְׂפָתֶ֧יהָ לִנְדָרֶ֛יהָ
NAS: [them], then whatever proceeds out of her lips
KJV: he heard [them; then] whatsoever proceeded out of her lips
INT: hears whatever proceeds of her lips her vows

Numbers 33:2
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת־ מוֹצָאֵיהֶ֛ם לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־
NAS: recorded their starting places
KJV: wrote their goings out according to their journeys
INT: recorded Moses their starting to their journeys by

Numbers 33:2
HEB: וְאֵ֥לֶּה מַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם לְמוֹצָאֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: their starting places according to their journeys
KJV: and these [are] their journeys according to their goings out.
INT: and these are their journeys places

Deuteronomy 8:3
HEB: עַל־ כָּל־ מוֹצָ֥א פִֽי־ יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: by everything that proceeds out of the mouth
KJV: only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth
INT: by everything proceeds of the mouth of the LORD

Deuteronomy 23:23
HEB: מוֹצָ֥א שְׂפָתֶ֖יךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר
NAS: to perform what goes out from your lips,
KJV: That which is gone out of thy lips
INT: what your lips shall be careful

2 Samuel 3:25
HEB: וְלָדַ֜עַת אֶת־ מוֹצָֽאֲךָ֙ וְאֶת־ [מִבֹואֶךָ
NAS: you and to learn of your going out and coming
KJV: thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in,
INT: came learn of your going entry find

1 Kings 10:28
HEB: וּמוֹצָ֧א הַסּוּסִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: Also Solomon's import of horses
KJV: had horses brought out of Egypt,
INT: import of horses Also

2 Kings 2:21
HEB: וַיֵּצֵא֙ אֶל־ מוֹצָ֣א הַמַּ֔יִם וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־
NAS: He went out to the spring of water
KJV: And he went forth unto the spring of the waters,
INT: went to the spring of water and threw

2 Chronicles 1:16
HEB: וּמוֹצָ֧א הַסּוּסִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: horses were imported from Egypt
KJV: had horses brought out of Egypt,
INT: were imported horses after

2 Chronicles 32:30
HEB: סָתַם֙ אֶת־ מוֹצָ֞א מֵימֵ֤י גִיחוֹן֙
NAS: the upper outlet of the waters
INT: Hezekiah stopped outlet of the waters of Gihon

Job 28:1
HEB: יֵ֣שׁ לַכֶּ֣סֶף מוֹצָ֑א וּ֝מָק֗וֹם לַזָּהָ֥ב
NAS: there is a mine for silver
KJV: Surely there is a vein for the silver,
INT: there silver mine place gold

Job 38:27
HEB: וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃
NAS: and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass
KJV: and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb
INT: and desolate forth the seeds of grass

Psalm 19:6
HEB: מִקְצֵ֤ה הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ מֽוֹצָא֗וֹ וּתְקוּפָת֥וֹ עַל־
NAS: Its rising is from one end
KJV: His going forth [is] from the end
INT: end of the heavens rising circuit unto

Psalm 65:8
HEB: קְ֭צָוֹת מֵאוֹתֹתֶ֑יךָ מ֤וֹצָֽאֵי־ בֹ֖קֶר וָעֶ֣רֶב
KJV: at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning
INT: coast of your signs the outgoings the dawn and the sunset

Psalm 75:6
HEB: כִּ֤י לֹ֣א מִ֭מּוֹצָא וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב וְ֝לֹ֗א
NAS: For not from the east, nor
KJV: For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west,
INT: for nor the east the west Nor

Psalm 89:34
HEB: אֲחַלֵּ֥ל בְּרִיתִ֑י וּמוֹצָ֥א שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י לֹ֣א
NAS: will I alter the utterance of My lips.
KJV: nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
INT: violate my covenant the utterance of my lips Nor

Psalm 107:33
HEB: נְהָר֣וֹת לְמִדְבָּ֑ר וּמֹצָ֥אֵי מַ֝֗יִם לְצִמָּאֽוֹן׃
NAS: into a wilderness And springs of water
INT: rivers A wilderness and springs of water A thirsty

Psalm 107:35
HEB: וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִ֝יָּ֗ה לְמֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם׃
NAS: And a dry land into springs of water;
INT: land dry springs of water

Isaiah 41:18
HEB: וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִיָּ֖ה לְמוֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם׃
NAS: And the dry land fountains of water.
KJV: and the dry land springs of water.
INT: land and the dry fountains of water

Isaiah 58:11
HEB: כְּגַ֣ן רָוֶ֔ה וּכְמוֹצָ֣א מַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: garden, And like a spring of water
KJV: garden, and like a spring of water,
INT: garden A watered A spring of water whose

Jeremiah 17:16
HEB: אַתָּ֣ה יָדָ֑עְתָּ מוֹצָ֣א שְׂפָתַ֔י נֹ֥כַח
NAS: know that the utterance of my lips
KJV: thou knowest: that which came out of my lips
INT: Yourself know the utterance of my lips was before

Ezekiel 12:4
HEB: בָעֶ֙רֶב֙ לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם כְּמוֹצָאֵ֖י גּוֹלָֽה׃
NAS: in their sight, as those going into exile.
KJV: in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
INT: evening their sight going exile

Ezekiel 42:11
HEB: רָחְבָּ֑ן וְכֹל֙ מוֹצָ֣אֵיהֶ֔ן וּכְמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖ן וּכְפִתְחֵיהֶֽן׃
NAS: and all their exits [were] both according to their arrangements
KJV: they, [and] as broad as they: and all their goings out [were] both according to their fashions,
INT: was their width and all their exits to their arrangements and openings

Ezekiel 43:11
HEB: הַבַּ֡יִת וּתְכוּנָת֡וֹ וּמוֹצָאָ֡יו וּמוֹבָאָ֣יו וְֽכָל־
NAS: its structure, its exits, its entrances,
KJV: and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings
INT: of the house and the fashion exits entrances all

Ezekiel 44:5
HEB: הַבַּ֔יִת בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹצָאֵ֥י הַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ׃
NAS: with all exits of the sanctuary.
KJV: of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
INT: of the house all exits of the sanctuary

27 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4161
27 Occurrences


kə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê — 1 Occ.
lə·mō·ṣā·’ê — 2 Occ.
lə·mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hem — 1 Occ.
mim·mō·w·ṣā — 1 Occ.
mō·w·ṣā — 9 Occ.
mō·w·ṣā·’ă·ḵā — 1 Occ.
mō·w·ṣā·’ê- — 2 Occ.
mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hem — 1 Occ.
mō·w·ṣā·’ê·hen — 1 Occ.
mō·w·ṣā·’ōw — 2 Occ.
ū·ḵə·mō·w·ṣā — 1 Occ.
ū·mō·w·ṣā — 3 Occ.
ū·mō·w·ṣā·’āw — 1 Occ.
ū·mō·ṣā·’ê — 1 Occ.















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