מוֹצָאָה
môwtsâʼâh · mo-tsaw-aw'
a family descent; also a sewer
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4161 (מוֹצָא); (marg.; compare H6675 (צוֹאָה))
a family descent; also a sewer
- a family descent
- also, a sewer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: draught house; going forth.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹצָאָה 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it a draught house1 · 50%
- whose goings forth1 · 50%
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.