Lexical Definition

‎מוֹצָא‎ môwtsâʼ (mo-tsaw') exit ^H:N-M
or מֹצָא môtsâʼ (mo-tsaw'); from ‎יָצָא‎

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).

• 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)

1) act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring
1a) a going forth
1a1) rising (sun), going forth of a command
1a2) goings forth, those going forth
1a3) way out, exit
1b) that which goes forth
1b1) utterance
1b2) export
1c) place of going forth
1c1) source or spring (of water)
1c2) place of departure
1c3) east (of sun)
1c4) mine (of silver)

See Greek: ἔξοδος · πηγή · πορεία · τόπος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

1. a going forth:
a. the act, of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Hos 6:3 of the sun = rising Ps 19:7* (see ‎יצא‎ 1 f); of man 2Sam 3:25 (opposed to ‎מָבוֺא‎ Kt); ‎דָּבָר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Dan 9:25 going forth of a command.
b. concrete, ‎מוֺצָאֵי גּוֺלָה‎ Ezek 12:4 goings forth of exile, i.e. those going forth into exile (in simile).
c. way out, exit: concrete, of chambers in temple Ezek 42:11; Ezek 43:11 (opposed to ‎מוֺבָאָיו‎); ‎מוֺצָאֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ‎ Ezek 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 Deut 8:3 ‎׳‎‎שְׂפָתַי מ‎ Jer 17:16; Ps 89:35* so Deut 23:24*; Num 30:13* (P).
b. export of horses 1Kgs 10:23 = 2Chr 1:16.

3. place of going forth:
a. source or spring of water 2Kgs 2:21; Isa 58:11 (in simile) Ps 107:33 (|| ‎נְהָרוֺת‎), vPs 107:35 (|| ‎אֲגַםמֿים‎) = Isa 41:18 (|| id.); ‎מוֺצָא מֵימֵי גִיחוֺן הָעֶלְיוֺן‎ 2Chr 32:30.
b. place of departure of Israel on marchNum 2Chr 33:2 (twice in verse) (P).
c. ‎מוֺצָא‎ = east (place of sun's going forth) Ps 75:7* (opposed to ‎מַעֲרָב‎); zeugmatically, Ps 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.

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