BDB3661
I. מוֺצָא noun masculine Hos 6:3 place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, 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 43:11 מוֺצָאֵיהֶם 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.
utterance 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), Ps 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.