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title: מוֹצָא — place of going forth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹצָא (4161), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: place of going forth. BDB 1906: n.m. place act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹצָא

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«מוֹצָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of going forth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 27 times · **Key:** 4161 · **BDB:** מוֹצָא

### Glosses

springs (3); the.utterance (3); (the).utterance (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place of going forth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4161/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. place act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4161/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ho 6:3 place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring;—abs. מ׳ Jb 28:1 ψ 75:7; cstr. מ׳ Nu 30:13 + 9 times; מֹצָא Jb 38:27; Dn 9:25; sf. מוֹצָאֲךָ 2 S 3:25; מֹצָאוֹ Ho 6:3; מוֹצָאוֹ ψ 19:7; pl. cstr. מוֹצָאֵי Is 41:18 + 5 times; sf. מוֹצָאָיו Ez 43:11; מוֹצָאֵיהֶם Nu 33:2(×2); מוֹצָאֵיהֶן Ez 42:11;— a going forth: the act, of י׳ Ho 6:3; of the sun = rising ψ 19:7 (v. יצא 1 f); of a man 2 S 3:25 (opp. מָבוֹא Kt); מ׳ דָּבָר Dn 9:25 going forth of a command. concrete, מוֹצָאֵי גּוֹלָה Ez 12:4 goings forth of exile, i.e. those going forth into exile (in sim.). way out, exit: concrete, of chambers in temple Ez 42:11; 43:11 (opp. מוֹבָאָיו); מוֹצָאֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ Ez 44:5 (opp. מְבוֹא הַבַּיִת). that which goes forth: utterance of mouth or lips (especially of solemn or formal speech), מוֹצָא פִי־י׳ Dt 8:3; מ׳ שְׂפָתַי Je 17:16 ψ 89:35; so Dt 23:24 Nu 30:13 (P). export of horses 1 K 10:28 = 2 Ch 1:16. place of going forth: source or spring of water 2 K 2:21 Is 58:11 (in sim.), ψ 107:33 (‖ נְהָרוֹת) v 35 (‖ אֲגַם־מים) = Is 41:18 (‖ id.); מוֹצָא מֵימֵי גִיחוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן 2 Ch 32:30. place of departure of Israel on march Nu 33:2(×2) (P). מוֹצָא = east (place of sun’s going forth) ψ 75:7 (opp. מַעֲרָב); zeugmatically, 65:9 מוֹצָאֵי בֹּקֶר וָעֶרֶב i.e. the east and the west (cf. the two Orients, Qor 43:37). place whence silver comes = mine Jb 28:1; וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶשֶׁא 38:27 and to cause the growing-place (others, the growth) of young grass to sprout.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹצָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4161/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.33/)

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יָשֵׂ֣ם נְהָר֣וֹת לְמִדְבָּ֑ר וּמֹצָ֥אֵי מַ֝֗יִם לְצִמָּאֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* he.made rivers into a.wilderness and springs of.water into thirsty.ground

*JPS 1917:* He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

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[Job 38:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.27/)

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לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָהוּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃

*Word for word:* to satisfy devastation and desolation and to cause.to.sprout a.going.forth of.fresh.grass

*JPS 1917:* To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

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