יָצָא
yâtsâʼ · yaw-tsaw'
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › strength, the leader
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָצָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1067 occurrences · 1067 OT · 0 NT · 567 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- went out79 · 24%
- came out31 · 9%
- went forth22 · 7%
- go forth21 · 6%
- and went out19 · 6%
- shall go forth14 · 4%
- came forth14 · 4%
- all that were able to go forth13 · 4%
- go out13 · 4%
- come out13 · 4%
- and they went out10 · 3%
- and he went out8 · 2%
- bring forth8 · 2%
- come forth8 · 2%
- shall go out7 · 2%
- brought forth6 · 2%
- bringeth forth6 · 2%
- and went forth6 · 2%
- shall come forth6 · 2%
- goeth forth5 · 2%
- and they went forth5 · 2%
- gone out4 · 1%
- proceedeth4 · 1%
- and there went out4 · 1%
- which went forth4 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.