What does יָצָא (yāṣāʾ) mean in the Bible?
יָצָא is a very common Hebrew verb meaning to go out, come out, depart, emerge, or, in causative forms, bring out. The local Hebrew index currently counts about 1,076 occurrences.
Hebrew · H3318
יָצָא
To go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
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יָצָאH3318
Pronunciationyāṣāʾ
What does יָצָא (yāṣāʾ) mean in the Bible?
יָצָא is a very common Hebrew verb meaning to go out, come out, depart, emerge, or, in causative forms, bring out. The local Hebrew index currently counts about 1,076 occurrences.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3318?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1,068 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include went out (55), came out (39), . . . (26), go out (22), Come out (13).
Where does יָצָא (yāṣāʾ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (94), Genesis (79), Ezekiel (74), Jeremiah (70).
Are there verse guides for יָצָא (yāṣāʾ)?
This entry includes 20 verse guides that explain exact original-language forms in context.
What This Word Actually Means
יָצָא is a very common Hebrew verb meaning to go out, come out, depart, emerge, or, in causative forms, bring out. The local Hebrew index currently counts about 1,076 occurrences. Most uses concern ordinary movement, while some become theologically prominent because of their narrative subject and setting. The verb itself is not a technical term for redemption.
Exodus 20:2 uses the Hiphil when the Lord identifies himself as the God who brought Israel out of Egypt and slavery. The covenant commands follow this declaration of deliverance, so the passage grounds Israel’s obligation in the Lord’s prior saving act. That theological pattern comes from the Exodus narrative, not from a special redemptive meaning embedded in every H3318 occurrence.
Isaiah 52:12 portrays Zion’s departure from Babylon with exodus-like language and says the people will not go out in haste or flight because the Lord will lead and guard them. This is a deliberate new-exodus pattern, but calling it simply “greater than the first” goes beyond the verse. Isaiah 55:11 says the Lord’s word goes out from his mouth and accomplishes his purpose; that promise concerns God’s own word, not an automatic guarantee about every sermon or human interpretation.
Genesis 4:16 says Cain went out from the Lord’s presence into exile. His departure belongs to his judgment and wandering, but not every later departure echoes Cain. Zechariah 14:8 says living waters will go out from Jerusalem in a future vision; the text does not identify that movement as a reversal of Cain’s H3318.
For teaching, יָצָא can help trace ordinary departures, exile, the Exodus, prophetic restoration, effective divine speech, and waters flowing from Jerusalem. Each movement requires its own subject, destination, cause, and canonical setting.
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How the Bible Uses It
יָצָא (yatsa) appears about 1,076 times in the local Hebrew index — a high-frequency Hebrew verb. Its theological center is the exodus formula (YHWH brought Israel out of Egypt, Exod 20:2) repeated throughout Deuteronomy, the Psalms, and the prophets as the covenant preamble. The verb also covers: going out to war (1Sam 8:20), the sun going out (Ps 19:5), the word of YHWH going out (Isa 55:11), exile from YHWH's presence (Gen 4:16), and the eschatological waters going out from Jerusalem (Zech 14:8).
The Hiphil causative (hotsi, to bring out, to lead out) is the exodus form: YHWH is the subject who causes Israel to go out.
- Exod.20.2
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
The covenant preamble and the theological center of yatsa: 'I am YHWH your God who brought you out (hetseti) of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.' The Hiphil causative (hetseti, I brought out) makes YHWH the active subject: the exodus was his yatsa, not Israel's achievement. The Ten Commandments rest on this prior act of redemption — YHWH declares who he is before he says what he requires.
This formula becomes the covenant-identity signature repeated throughout the OT: 'YHWH your God who brought you out of Egypt.'
- Isa.52.12
For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the Lord goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
The new exodus yatsa: 'you shall not go out (tetse'u) in haste.' Isaiah's second-exodus promise exceeds the first: the flight from Egypt was hurried (Exod 12:33); the return from Babylon will be unhurried, because YHWH again goes before and behind his people. The yatsa of the new exodus is greater than the first precisely because it is not driven by terror — it is led by YHWH. This passage grounds the NT's presentation of Jesus as the new Moses leading the new exodus.
- Isa.55.11
So My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
The word of YHWH as yatsa: 'my word that goes out (yatsa) from my mouth shall not return empty.' The word of YHWH has its own yatsa — a purposeful departure that accomplishes its mission. YHWH's word does not merely inform; it goes out and acts. The certainty of the divine yatsa (which brought Israel out of Egypt) is now applied to the divine word: as certain as the exodus yatsa, so certain is the accomplishing yatsa of YHWH's speech.
- Gen.4.16
So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
The negative yatsa: 'Cain went out (vayetse) from the presence of YHWH.' This is the counterpart to the blessed yatsa from Egypt: to yatsa from YHWH's presence is exile, not redemption. Cain's eastward departure from YHWH's face is the pattern of every subsequent exile — the one who goes out from YHWH's presence wanders in the land of wandering (Nod, from the root nud, to wander). The trajectory of the Bible is to reverse Cain's yatsa: to bring wanderers back into the presence of YHWH.
- Zech.14.8
And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
Eschatological yatsa: 'living waters shall go out (yetse'u) from Jerusalem.' The eschatological reversal of Cain's exile: from the city of YHWH, life itself yatsa's to water the whole earth. This is the OT source behind Ezekiel 47:1-12 (the river from the temple) and Revelation 22:1-2 (the river of the water of life flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb). The divine yatsa that began with the exodus ends with living water going out from Jerusalem to the whole creation.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itwent out55×Genesis 4:16, Genesis 14:17, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 24:63
came out39×Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 25:26
. . .26×Genesis 8:7, Genesis 27:30, Genesis 39:15, Exodus 1:5
go out22×Deuteronomy 28:6, Deuteronomy 28:19, Joshua 8:17, Judges 9:38
Come out13×Genesis 8:16, Numbers 12:4, Joshua 6:10, Judges 9:15
who could serve13×Numbers 1:20, Numbers 1:22, Numbers 1:24, Numbers 1:26
marched out11×Genesis 14:8, Numbers 33:3, 1 Samuel 18:5, 2 Samuel 2:12
out11×Genesis 43:23, Exodus 3:12, Exodus 6:26, Numbers 20:10
and went out10×Numbers 21:23, Judges 3:10, 1 Kings 19:13, 2 Kings 4:21
brought you out10×Exodus 13:3, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 20:2, Numbers 15:41
has gone out9×Ruth 1:13, 2 Samuel 5:24, 1 Chronicles 14:15, Psalms 19:4
leave9×Genesis 31:13, Genesis 42:15, Exodus 12:31, Leviticus 21:12
-8×Joshua 18:15, Judges 6:8, 2 Samuel 16:11, 2 Samuel 20:7
came8×Genesis 10:14, Genesis 34:6, Leviticus 9:24, Judges 14:14
Bring out7×Genesis 8:17, Joshua 2:3, Judges 6:30, Judges 19:22
brought7×Exodus 12:51, Exodus 19:17, Leviticus 19:36, Leviticus 26:13
coming out7×Genesis 24:45, Judges 1:24, Judges 9:43, Judges 11:34
Go7×Exodus 11:8, 1 Kings 2:36, 1 Kings 8:44, 1 Kings 22:22
had left7×Genesis 27:30, Exodus 8:12, Exodus 19:1, 2 Samuel 3:26
left7×Genesis 28:10, Genesis 41:46, Exodus 8:30, 2 Samuel 11:8
and go out6×Genesis 27:3, Exodus 17:9, Jeremiah 31:4, Ezekiel 12:12
come6×Judges 9:20, 1 Samuel 2:3, Psalms 17:2, Lamentations 3:38
he went out6×Exodus 2:11, Numbers 22:36, 1 Kings 12:25, 2 Kings 4:18
will go forth6×2 Kings 19:31, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 37:32, Jeremiah 21:12
I brought5×Exodus 12:17, Leviticus 25:42, Leviticus 25:55, 2 Chronicles 6:5
to bring5×Exodus 3:10, Exodus 6:13, 1 Chronicles 19:16, Job 28:11
will go out5×Numbers 27:17, Numbers 27:21, Ezekiel 30:9, Ezekiel 39:9
after they had come out4×Deuteronomy 4:45, Deuteronomy 4:46, 1 Kings 8:9, 2 Chronicles 5:10
bring4×Exodus 3:11, Deuteronomy 14:28, Psalms 143:11, Proverbs 25:8
came forward4×1 Kings 22:21, 2 Chronicles 18:20, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 5:5
departed4×Exodus 9:33, 2 Samuel 24:4, 1 Chronicles 21:4, Psalms 114:1
set out4×2 Samuel 15:16, 2 Samuel 15:17, 2 Kings 3:6, 2 Kings 9:21
to go out4×Judges 19:27, Judges 20:14, 1 Samuel 8:20, 1 Kings 3:7
went4×Genesis 19:6, Numbers 31:13, 1 Samuel 9:26, Ezekiel 47:3
who brought you out4×Leviticus 22:33, Deuteronomy 8:14, Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 13:10
You brought4×Exodus 32:11, Deuteronomy 9:12, Nehemiah 9:15, Jeremiah 32:21
you came out4×Exodus 13:3, Exodus 23:15, Exodus 34:18, Micah 7:15
and brings forth3×Psalms 135:7, Jeremiah 10:13, Jeremiah 51:16
and brought out3×Deuteronomy 9:26, Joshua 6:23, Jeremiah 50:25
and come out3×Judges 9:29, 2 Kings 18:31, Isaiah 36:16
away3×Genesis 45:1, 2 Samuel 13:9, Ezra 10:19
Bring her out3×Genesis 38:24, 2 Kings 11:15, 2 Chronicles 23:14
brought out3×Genesis 14:18, Genesis 24:53, Numbers 17:9
brought us out3×Exodus 13:14, Exodus 13:16, Deuteronomy 6:21
escape3×Psalms 88:8, Jeremiah 11:11, Lamentations 3:7
Get out3×Genesis 19:14, 2 Samuel 16:7
go forth3×Psalms 44:9, Ezekiel 9:7, Hosea 6:5
go outside3×Leviticus 8:33, Leviticus 10:7, Job 31:34
goes forth3×Psalms 104:23, Isaiah 42:13, Habakkuk 1:4
had come out3×Numbers 16:27, Numbers 33:38, 1 Samuel 23:15
has come out3×Numbers 22:5, Numbers 22:11, 1 Samuel 26:20
He brought3×Deuteronomy 8:15, 2 Kings 23:6, Psalms 78:16
march out3×2 Kings 24:7, Psalms 60:10, Psalms 108:11
proceeds3×1 Samuel 24:13, Psalms 73:7, Isaiah 55:11
that juts out3×Nehemiah 3:25, Nehemiah 3:26, Nehemiah 3:27
who brought3×Exodus 6:7, Exodus 16:6, 1 Samuel 12:8
who came out3×Genesis 9:18, Numbers 26:4, Joshua 5:4
will go3×Exodus 11:4, Jeremiah 48:7, Zechariah 14:2
you left3×Deuteronomy 9:7, Deuteronomy 16:3
[anyone] from leaving2×1 Kings 15:17, 2 Chronicles 16:1
[David] brought out2×2 Samuel 12:31, 1 Chronicles 20:3
after they had left2×Exodus 16:1, Joshua 5:4
and bring2×Exodus 7:5, Deuteronomy 21:19
and came out2×Joshua 16:7, 2 Samuel 11:23
And David took2×2 Samuel 12:30, 1 Chronicles 20:2
and departed2×Genesis 47:10, 1 Samuel 23:13
and go2×Jeremiah 19:2, Jeremiah 37:4
and he went out2×1 Kings 2:46, 2 Chronicles 28:9
and left2×Exodus 10:6, 2 Chronicles 20:20
and ran2×Genesis 39:12, Joshua 19:34
and take me out2×1 Kings 22:34, 2 Chronicles 18:33
and they went out2×Exodus 15:22, Jeremiah 39:4
and when he took it out2×Exodus 4:6, Exodus 4:7
are coming out2×Genesis 24:13, 1 Samuel 14:11
are to go out2×Exodus 16:4, 1 Samuel 28:1
bring forth2×Genesis 1:24, Isaiah 42:3
brings forth2×Proverbs 30:33, Isaiah 61:11
brought them out2×Exodus 29:46, Numbers 23:22
brought you2×Genesis 15:7, Leviticus 25:38
comes2×Judges 13:14, Isaiah 28:29
comes forth2×Micah 1:3, Nahum 1:11
comes out2×Genesis 24:43, Judges 11:31
depart2×Isaiah 49:17, Jeremiah 50:8
exported them2×1 Kings 10:29, 2 Chronicles 1:17
extended2×Exodus 37:18, Joshua 16:1
fell2×1 Chronicles 24:7, 1 Chronicles 25:9
fit for service2×1 Chronicles 12:33, 1 Chronicles 12:36
followed2×2 Samuel 11:8, Habakkuk 3:5
from2×Deuteronomy 25:17, Job 15:13
goes out2×Exodus 8:20, Joshua 2:19
gone2×Genesis 44:4, Judges 4:14
had gone out2×1 Samuel 13:23, 2 Kings 5:2
has2×Leviticus 15:32, Leviticus 22:4
He brought me out2×2 Samuel 22:20, Psalms 18:19
He brought them out2×Exodus 32:12, Psalms 107:14
he has set out2×2 Kings 19:9, Isaiah 37:9
I brought out2×Leviticus 26:45, Ezekiel 12:7
I brought them out2×Jeremiah 11:4, Jeremiah 34:13
I had brought them out2×Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22
I will bring2×Exodus 7:4, Ezekiel 20:34
I will bring them out2×Ezekiel 20:38, Ezekiel 34:13
I will go out2×1 Kings 22:22, 2 Chronicles 18:21
Let me bring2×Genesis 19:8, Judges 6:18
let us go out2×1 Samuel 20:11, 1 Kings 20:31
march out to war2×2 Samuel 11:1, 1 Chronicles 20:1
must go out2×Ezekiel 46:9
one came out2×Genesis 25:25, Genesis 38:28
out of2×Deuteronomy 23:4, Job 20:25
proceeded2×Joshua 15:3, Joshua 15:9
released2×Leviticus 25:31, Jeremiah 20:3
sank2×Genesis 42:28, Song Of Solomon 5:6
spread2×2 Chronicles 26:15, Ezekiel 16:14
that extend2×Exodus 25:33, Exodus 25:35
that extended2×Exodus 37:19, Exodus 37:21
Then he shall go out2×Leviticus 16:18, Ezekiel 46:12
They brought out2×Joshua 6:23, 2 Kings 10:26
they came out2×Numbers 33:1, 1 Samuel 30:21
they come out2×Joshua 8:5, 2 Kings 7:12
they have marched out2×1 Kings 20:18
those going off duty2×2 Kings 11:9, 2 Chronicles 23:8
to bring them2×Exodus 12:42, Ezekiel 20:6
to go2×Deuteronomy 23:12, 2 Samuel 13:39
to take2×Exodus 12:46, Jeremiah 39:14
vvv2×Genesis 34:24, Joshua 5:5
was gone2×Genesis 44:28, Judges 3:24
when you came out2×Joshua 2:10, Haggai 2:5
when You went out2×Judges 5:4, Psalms 68:7
who can serve2×Numbers 1:3, Numbers 26:2
who had come out2×Joshua 5:5, Joshua 5:6
who went out2×Genesis 34:24, Numbers 31:27
will be brought out2×Jeremiah 38:22, Jeremiah 38:23
will come forth2×Proverbs 25:4, Micah 5:2
withdrew2×Exodus 35:20, 2 Chronicles 16:2
yields2×Proverbs 30:33, Haggai 1:11
you go out2×Deuteronomy 20:1, 1 Kings 2:37
you will leave2×Jeremiah 2:37, Micah 4:10
your going out2×2 Kings 19:27, Isaiah 37:28
your own offspring2×1 Kings 8:19, 2 Chronicles 6:9
[a man] came1×Ecclesiastes 5:15
[able] to serve1×2 Chronicles 25:5
[all] surrendered1×2 Kings 24:12
[and] He will bring1×Isaiah 42:1
[but] has gone forth1×Jeremiah 22:11
[Israel] marched out1×Judges 2:15
[Jehu] went out1×2 Kings 10:9
[Moses] left1×Exodus 11:8
[Moses] went out1×Exodus 2:13
[Nebuchadnezzar] also carried off1×2 Kings 24:13
[or] taken out1×1 Chronicles 9:28
[that] comes1×Job 37:2
[the youth] has come1×Ecclesiastes 4:14
[Uriah] went out1×2 Samuel 11:13
able to come1×Deuteronomy 31:2
advance1×Proverbs 30:27
after [Israel] had come out1×Numbers 9:1
after [the Israelites] had come out1×Numbers 1:1
after you came out1×Deuteronomy 24:9
also brought out1×Ezra 1:7
and [Elisha] went out1×2 Kings 2:21
And [the LORD] took1×Genesis 15:5
And after they had gone out1×Judges 9:27
And as Gehazi left1×2 Kings 5:27
and as he approached1×2 Samuel 16:5
and bring it out1×1 Kings 17:13
and bring out1×Joshua 6:22
and bring you out1×Ezekiel 38:4
and brings1×Job 12:22
and brought1×Deuteronomy 4:20
and brought them out1×Judges 6:19
and brought us1×Numbers 20:16
and brought you1×Deuteronomy 4:37
and came back out1×Genesis 43:31
and carried [them]1×2 Chronicles 29:16
and carry1×Leviticus 6:11
and carry [your belongings]1×Ezekiel 12:5
And David1×1 Chronicles 12:17
and extended1×Joshua 18:15
and forges1×Isaiah 54:16
and gives her1×Deuteronomy 22:14
and going1×Psalms 121:8
and He brought me out1×Ezekiel 37:1
and He brought them1×Psalms 107:28
and he shall go out1×Ezekiel 46:8
and he will depart1×Jeremiah 43:12
and he will go out1×Daniel 11:44
and he will have it brought1×Numbers 19:3
And I sent1×Ezra 8:17
and I will bring1×Exodus 6:6
And I will bring forth1×Isaiah 65:9
and I will draw1×Ezekiel 21:3
and let them go1×Jeremiah 15:1
and met1×2 Kings 9:21
and must be released1×Leviticus 25:33
and out1×Jeremiah 17:19
and out toward1×Joshua 16:6
and proceeded1×Joshua 18:17
and released him1×Jeremiah 52:31
and sent her1×Judges 19:25
and set out1×Genesis 12:5
And she brought out1×Ruth 2:18
and speak1×Job 8:10
and take them out1×Ezekiel 12:6
and taken1×Leviticus 14:45
and the one that marches out1×Amos 5:3
and then depart1×Ezekiel 46:2
and they brought out1×2 Chronicles 29:16
And they came out1×Numbers 20:20
and they came out together1×1 Samuel 11:7
and they escaped1×2 Kings 13:5
And they led them1×Genesis 19:16
and they paid1×2 Kings 12:12
and they relayed1×Nehemiah 6:19
and they set out1×Genesis 11:31
and they took1×Leviticus 24:23
and traveled1×Judges 11:3
and went1×Joshua 19:12
and went away1×Genesis 34:26
And when he came out1×Exodus 34:34
and when they leave1×Ezekiel 46:10
and whoever spreads1×Proverbs 10:18
and you will go out1×Malachi 4:2
approaching1×Zechariah 5:9
are leaving1×Exodus 13:4
are marching out1×1 Kings 20:17
are to be released1×Leviticus 25:41
are to extend1×Exodus 25:32
as I came1×Job 3:11
As soon as the men had brought1×Genesis 19:17
As they go forth1×Isaiah 66:24
As they set out1×2 Chronicles 20:20
as they went1×Ezekiel 10:19
As they went out1×2 Chronicles 20:21
at the end1×Exodus 23:16
be sent1×Deuteronomy 24:5
been removed1×Ezekiel 24:12
billows1×Job 41:20
breaks out1×Exodus 22:6
bring them1×Ezekiel 46:20
bringing forth1×Psalms 104:14
brings1×Deuteronomy 24:11
brought forth1×Deuteronomy 14:22
brought him1×Numbers 24:8
brought them1×2 Chronicles 7:22
brought us1×Deuteronomy 26:8
But He brought1×Deuteronomy 6:23
but I will remove you1×Ezekiel 11:7
but whoever goes out1×Jeremiah 21:9
but whoever surrenders1×Jeremiah 38:2
but You brought us1×Psalms 66:12
by bringing out1×Numbers 14:36
by bringing them1×Ezekiel 20:9
by bringing us out1×Exodus 14:11
by your demise1×Ezekiel 26:18
came forth1×Numbers 16:35
came out [for battle]1×1 Samuel 18:30
Can you bring forth1×Job 38:32
charged out1×1 Samuel 7:11
come forth1×Jeremiah 46:9
come off1×Ezekiel 24:6
comes from1×Genesis 15:4
coming1×1 Samuel 9:14
continue1×Numbers 34:9
David led1×1 Samuel 18:13
departs1×Psalms 146:4
descended1×1 Chronicles 2:53
did I come out1×Jeremiah 20:18
did You bring me1×Job 10:18
do you come out1×1 Samuel 17:8
draws1×Proverbs 30:33
each must go out1×Ezekiel 46:9
emerge1×Job 38:29
emerged1×Daniel 8:9
emerging1×Psalms 19:5
emptied1×Judges 3:22
Empty1×Ezekiel 24:6
escapes1×Proverbs 12:13
ever goes outside1×Numbers 35:26
exacted1×2 Kings 15:20
falls1×Numbers 33:54
fell to him1×1 Chronicles 26:14
Finally, they went on1×2 Samuel 24:7
fit1×1 Chronicles 7:11
flashed1×Ezekiel 1:13
flesh and blood1×2 Kings 20:18
flowed out1×Genesis 2:10
flowing1×Ezekiel 47:1
flows out1×Ezekiel 47:8
flows to them1×Ezekiel 47:12
follow1×Song Of Solomon 1:8
followed her1×Exodus 15:20
for anyone who came1×Zechariah 8:10
for going out1×Joshua 14:11
for those who had gone1×Numbers 31:36
for travelers1×2 Chronicles 15:5
for you to work1×Ruth 2:22
Free1×Psalms 142:7
free me1×Psalms 25:17
Get them out1×Genesis 19:12
going forth1×Zechariah 6:5
going into captivity1×Psalms 144:14
going out1×1 Samuel 17:55
gone out1×Numbers 11:26
grow1×Job 31:40
growing1×1 Kings 4:33
gushed out1×Numbers 20:11
had been brought out1×Ezekiel 38:8
had been exiled1×Jeremiah 29:2
had brought1×Exodus 18:1
had carried away1×Ezra 1:7
had come1×1 Kings 6:1
had marched out1×1 Kings 20:39
had passed1×2 Chronicles 21:19
had risen1×Genesis 19:23
had them brought out1×Ezra 1:8
has brought forth1×Jeremiah 51:10
has come1×Numbers 16:46
has departed1×Lamentations 1:6
has gone forth1×Jeremiah 48:45
has spread1×Jeremiah 23:15
have arisen1×Deuteronomy 13:13
have come out1×Numbers 22:32
have departed from me1×Jeremiah 10:20
have gone forth1×Daniel 10:20
have taken1×Ezekiel 21:5
He brought [Israel] out1×Psalms 105:37
he came out1×Exodus 34:34
he charges1×Job 39:21
he comes forth1×Job 14:2
he goes1×Psalms 41:6
he goes out1×Ezekiel 46:12
He has brought them out1×Deuteronomy 9:28
He has brought us out1×Deuteronomy 1:27
He has left1×Jeremiah 4:7
he has promised1×Numbers 30:2
he is to leave alone1×Exodus 21:3
He leads1×Psalms 68:6
He leads forth1×Isaiah 40:26
he leaves1×Leviticus 16:17
he led me out1×Ezekiel 42:15
he left1×1 Chronicles 21:21
he must leave1×Deuteronomy 23:10
he must take1×Leviticus 4:12
he shall go1×Exodus 21:2
he shall leave1×Ezekiel 46:10
he went1×2 Kings 18:7
he went forth1×Genesis 10:11
He will bring forth1×Psalms 37:6
He will bring me1×Micah 7:9
he would surely come out1×2 Kings 5:11
his direct descendants1×Genesis 46:26
however, it is to be released1×Leviticus 25:28
I brought you out1×Joshua 24:5
I came1×Job 1:21
I came out1×Proverbs 7:15
I go out1×Jeremiah 14:18
I have come1×Daniel 9:22
I took [my belongings] out1×Ezekiel 12:7
I went1×1 Samuel 17:35
I will bring you1×Ezekiel 11:9
I will come forth1×Job 23:10
I will depart1×Exodus 11:8
I will escape1×Judges 16:20
I will make him spew out1×Jeremiah 51:44
I will send it out1×Zechariah 5:4
If, after leaving1×Deuteronomy 24:2
in order to bring1×Exodus 6:27
in your journeys1×Deuteronomy 33:18
is1×Habakkuk 1:4
is approaching1×Zechariah 5:5
is born prematurely1×Exodus 21:22
is coming1×Isaiah 26:21
is going1×Zechariah 6:6
is going forth1×Zechariah 5:6
is on the way1×Isaiah 51:5
is released1×Leviticus 27:21
is spreading1×Jeremiah 25:32
is to come out1×Judges 21:21
is to go1×Leviticus 14:3
is to leave1×Exodus 21:3
it comes out1×Numbers 11:20
it extended1×Joshua 19:13
It kept flying back and forth1×Genesis 8:7
It went on1×Joshua 16:2
lay1×Joshua 18:11
leave you1×Exodus 8:29
left him1×Judges 3:19
let anyone1×2 Kings 9:15
let him issue1×Esther 1:19
let it go out1×Isaiah 48:20
let me bring out1×Judges 19:24
let us go1×Song Of Solomon 7:11
march1×1 Samuel 11:7
marched1×2 Samuel 18:6
marched out first1×1 Kings 20:17
marched out of1×2 Samuel 20:7
may come1×Job 28:5
may leave1×Exodus 16:29
me1×Joshua 10:22
messengers to bring1×2 Samuel 10:16
move out1×1 Chronicles 14:15
moved away1×Ezekiel 10:18
must be taken1×Leviticus 16:27
must come out1×Deuteronomy 21:2
Next he brought me out1×Ezekiel 47:2
of his own1×Judges 8:30
of them had stepped forward1×Numbers 12:5
of them out1×Deuteronomy 22:24
of them went out1×1 Samuel 20:11
on his way1×Exodus 4:14
or exits1×Exodus 28:35
or we will come out1×Numbers 20:18
out came1×Exodus 32:24
passing1×Joshua 19:27
pierced1×2 Kings 9:24
pour1×Job 41:21
produced1×Genesis 1:12
put forth1×Numbers 17:8
Remove1×2 Chronicles 29:5
removed [his sons]1×Genesis 48:12
Send them out1×Genesis 19:5
sent out1×2 Chronicles 23:14
shall be brought1×Deuteronomy 22:21
shall be released1×Leviticus 25:54
shall bring1×Deuteronomy 22:15
shall descend1×Genesis 35:11
shall go free1×Exodus 21:4
shall go out1×Exodus 12:22
shall go outside1×Leviticus 14:38
shall we go1×Jeremiah 15:2
she is free to go1×Exodus 21:11
she left1×Ruth 1:7
she went1×2 Kings 8:3
shine like1×Judges 5:31
shines1×Isaiah 62:1
So he brought out1×2 Kings 10:22
So he went out1×2 Chronicles 15:2
So I brought them1×Ezekiel 20:10
So I went out1×Nehemiah 2:13
So Moses left1×Exodus 10:18
so that I may lead1×2 Chronicles 1:10
So they gave1×Numbers 13:32
so they have left1×2 Kings 7:12
So they took him1×1 Kings 21:13
So they went out1×Ezekiel 9:7
soon as they1×Joshua 2:7
spoke1×Job 26:4
spreading1×Job 8:16
spring1×Job 5:6
started to leave1×Jeremiah 37:12
starting1×Ezekiel 21:19
stay1×1 Samuel 22:3
stepped forward1×2 Samuel 20:8
stretch out1×Jeremiah 31:39
surrender1×Jeremiah 38:18
Take1×Leviticus 24:14
that came out1×Genesis 9:10
that comes1×Deuteronomy 28:57
that extends1×Numbers 21:13
that flow1×Deuteronomy 8:7
that has come1×Ezekiel 33:30
that he might bring me out1×Genesis 40:14
that is going out1×Zechariah 5:3
that marches out1×Amos 5:3
that proceeds1×Ecclesiastes 10:5
that went out1×2 Chronicles 26:11
that would go off duty1×2 Kings 11:7
that you should march in and out1×1 Samuel 29:6
the one who led1×1 Chronicles 11:2
the poor go1×Job 24:5
The rising1×Isaiah 13:10
Then [Jehoiada and his sons] brought out1×2 Chronicles 23:11
Then [Jehoiada] brought out1×2 Kings 11:12
Then he brought me1×Ezekiel 46:21
Then he is to take1×Leviticus 4:21
Then he left1×Genesis 31:33
Then he must go out1×Leviticus 16:24
Then he will bring forth1×Zechariah 4:7
Then it will go on1×Numbers 34:4
Then take him out1×1 Kings 21:10
Then the man led me out1×Ezekiel 42:1
They brought1×Jeremiah 26:23
they came1×Isaiah 48:3
they derive1×Habakkuk 1:7
they leave1×Job 39:4
They left1×Jeremiah 39:4
They marched out1×1 Kings 20:16
they proceed1×Jeremiah 9:3
They will come out1×Ezekiel 14:22
they will depart1×Genesis 15:14
They will march out1×Deuteronomy 28:7
They will pursue us1×Joshua 8:6
This is from1×Genesis 24:50
this man has given1×Deuteronomy 22:19
those going1×Zechariah 6:8
Though they may have escaped1×Ezekiel 15:7
threw1×2 Samuel 13:18
to be released1×Leviticus 25:30
to bring him out1×Ezekiel 12:12
to come out1×2 Chronicles 21:15
to do1×Jeremiah 44:17
to get out1×2 Chronicles 26:20
to go forth1×1 Samuel 23:13
to go free1×Exodus 21:7
to lead them1×Jeremiah 31:32
to produce1×Exodus 8:18
to remove1×2 Kings 23:4
to remove them1×Amos 6:10
to send away1×Ezra 10:3
to surrender1×Jeremiah 38:21
to utter1×Ecclesiastes 5:2
took1×Numbers 15:36
took charge1×Genesis 41:45
Uzziah went out1×2 Chronicles 26:6
vents1×Proverbs 29:11
walking out1×Exodus 7:15
want to go1×Exodus 21:5
want to leave1×Deuteronomy 15:16
warriors1×1 Chronicles 5:18
was being brought out1×Genesis 38:25
was going out1×1 Kings 11:29
was leading them out to battle1×1 Samuel 18:16
was lost1×Joshua 19:47
was marching out1×1 Samuel 17:20
was sober1×1 Samuel 25:37
we left1×Joshua 9:12
we will come out1×1 Samuel 11:10
we will surrender1×1 Samuel 11:3
went forth1×Zechariah 2:3
went on1×Joshua 15:11
went out to greet1×Judges 4:18
went out to meet1×Exodus 18:7
were cleared of the charge1×1 Samuel 14:41
were imported1×2 Chronicles 9:28
what they had brought1×Exodus 12:39
what you have promised1×Numbers 32:24
when He brought1×Deuteronomy 29:25
when He brought them out1×1 Kings 8:21
when he comes out1×Numbers 12:12
when he left1×Genesis 12:4
when he went out1×Psalms 81:5
When I bring1×Ezekiel 20:41
When I brought1×Joshua 24:6
when I brought them out1×Leviticus 23:43
when I brought you1×Exodus 16:32
when I came out1×Exodus 13:8
When I have left1×Exodus 9:29
when I set out1×1 Samuel 21:5
When I went out1×Job 29:7
when the women went out1×Genesis 24:11
When they came out1×Leviticus 9:23
when they departed1×Psalms 105:38
When they go out1×Ezekiel 44:19
When they had brought1×Joshua 10:24
When they left1×Exodus 5:20
when You brought1×1 Kings 8:53
when you need to clear it out1×Leviticus 26:10
wherever he goes1×2 Kings 11:8
which has marched out1×Jeremiah 37:7
While they were bringing out1×2 Chronicles 34:14
who brings out1×Isaiah 43:17
who brought him1×Nehemiah 9:7
who came1×Deuteronomy 2:23
who frees me from1×2 Samuel 22:49
who had brought out1×Numbers 14:37
who had brought them1×Judges 2:12
who have descended1×Isaiah 48:1
who in turn would pay1×2 Kings 12:11
who led Israel out1×2 Samuel 5:2
who ventures out1×Jeremiah 5:6
who went1×Numbers 31:28
who were marching out1×Exodus 14:8
who will be brought out1×Ezekiel 14:22
will arise1×Jeremiah 30:21
will be1×Ezekiel 21:4
will be removed1×Jeremiah 8:1
will become known1×Esther 1:17
will break out1×Jeremiah 4:4
will bring out1×Hosea 9:13
will come1×2 Samuel 7:12
will come out1×Exodus 17:6
will depart1×Proverbs 22:10
will descend1×Genesis 17:6
will flow1×Joel 3:18
will flow out1×Zechariah 14:8
will follow1×Ecclesiastes 7:18
will free1×Psalms 25:15
will go out from Me1×Isaiah 51:4
will lead them out1×Numbers 27:17
will march out1×Daniel 11:11
will proceed1×Jeremiah 30:19
will spread1×Ezekiel 5:4
will spring1×Isaiah 14:29
will spring up1×Isaiah 11:1
will surely march out1×2 Samuel 18:2
with her last1×Genesis 35:18
would go1×Exodus 33:7
yet they had to leave1×Ezekiel 36:20
you are encamped1×Deuteronomy 23:9
You brought out1×Deuteronomy 9:29
You brought us out1×Deuteronomy 9:28
you came1×Genesis 24:5
you departed1×Deuteronomy 16:6
You free me1×Psalms 31:4
you go1×Deuteronomy 21:10
you have brought1×Exodus 16:3
you have come1×Deuteronomy 11:10
you have said1×Judges 11:36
you indeed surrender1×Jeremiah 38:17
you leave1×1 Kings 2:42
you must bring out1×Deuteronomy 17:5
you speak1×Jeremiah 15:19
You went forth1×Habakkuk 3:13
you were born1×Jeremiah 1:5
You will bring out1×Numbers 20:8
You will go out1×Amos 4:3
You will march out1×Deuteronomy 28:25
You will sow1×Deuteronomy 28:38
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:12וַתּוֹצֵ֨אtoproducedConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularGenesis 1:24תּוֹצֵ֨אtobring forthVerb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singularGenesis 2:10יֹצֵ֣אtoflowed outVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularGenesis 4:16וַיֵּ֥צֵאtowent outConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularGenesis 8:7וַיֵּצֵ֤אtoIt kept flying back and forthConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularGenesis 8:7יָצוֹא֙to. . .Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteGenesis 8:16צֵ֖אtoCome outVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularGenesis 8:17הוֹצֵאtoBring outVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularGenesis 8:18וַיֵּ֖צֵא־tocame outConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularGenesis 8:19יָצְא֖וּtocame outVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 1:12
Aligned rows1,068
Books represented37
Genesis79Exodus94Leviticus38Numbers70Deuteronomy66Joshua53Judges54Ruth41 Samuel462 Samuel471 Kings422 Kings521 Chronicles242 Chronicles49Ezra6Nehemiah10Esther9Job28Psalms35Proverbs11Ecclesiastes5Song Of Solomon4Isaiah40Jeremiah70Lamentations3Ezekiel74Daniel7Hosea2Joel2Amos4Jonah1Micah8Nahum1Habakkuk5Haggai2Zechariah22Malachi1
Source forms
וַיֵּצֵ֥א28xway·yê·ṣêGenesis 24:63, Genesis 28:10, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:15
וַיֵּצֵ֣א21xway·yê·ṣêGenesis 14:17, Genesis 42:28, Exodus 2:11, Numbers 11:24
יָצָ֣א20xyā·ṣāGenesis 10:11, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 25:26
וַיֵּצֵא֙19xway·yê·ṣêGenesis 31:33, Exodus 2:13, Leviticus 24:10, Joshua 18:11
יֹצֵ֥א16xyō·ṣêNumbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20, Numbers 1:22, Numbers 1:24
וַיֵּצֵ֤א14xway·yê·ṣêGenesis 8:7, Genesis 25:25, Genesis 41:46, Genesis 44:28
וַיֵּצֵ֨א12xway·yê·ṣêGenesis 14:8, Genesis 19:14, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 18:7
וַיֵּצֵ֖א11xway·yê·ṣêGenesis 47:10, Exodus 10:6, Exodus 10:18, Exodus 32:24
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular134xGenesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 14:8
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular62xGenesis 15:4, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:3
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular51xGenesis 10:11, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 25:26
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural47xGenesis 11:31, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 34:26, Exodus 5:10
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural43xGenesis 8:19, Genesis 10:14, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 12:41
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular42xExodus 16:4, Exodus 34:34, Leviticus 14:3, Leviticus 14:38
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular30xGenesis 2:10, Exodus 4:14, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 8:20
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular28xGenesis 15:5, Genesis 24:53, Genesis 43:23, Genesis 48:12
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- The 'going out from Egypt' framework means that biblical redemption is not only from sin in the abstract but from a specific situation of bondage into a new life of covenant service. Apply it with that concreteness.
- Isaiah 55:11's divine word that 'goes out and does not return empty' is a promise about Scripture's efficacy — apply it to faithful biblical teaching rather than to any form of religious activity.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not claim that yatsa is always a spiritually significant departure — it is among the most common Hebrew verbs of motion and most occurrences are ordinary narrative movement.
- Do not use the Exodus going-out to argue for any kind of physical separation from society or culture — the exodus leads Israel to Mount Sinai for covenant formation, then to Canaan for covenant community; it is not a call to withdrawal.
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
1 Kings 8:21Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
בְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹbə·hō·w·ṣî·’ōwto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The temporal infinitive makes the temple's covenant memory look back to the LORD's concrete act of bringing Israel's fathers out of Egypt.Read verse guide1 Kings 8:53Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
בְּהוֹצִיאֲךָ֧bə·hō·w·ṣî·’ă·ḵāto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The second-person form makes the exodus remembrance part of Solomon's direct appeal to God and grounds Israel's inherited identity in divine action.Read verse guide2 Chronicles 34:14Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
וּבְהוֹצִיאָ֣םū·ḇə·hō·w·ṣî·’āmto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The temporal construction places a momentous textual discovery within ordinary temple-repair administration without confusing the money and the Book.Read verse guide2 Samuel 22:49Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
וּמוֹצִיאִ֖יū·mō·w·ṣî·’îto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The form turns an out-going image into David's personal testimony that God is the one who releases him from hostile danger.Read verse guideDeuteronomy 6:12Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
הוֹצִֽיאֲךָ֛hō·w·ṣî·’ă·ḵāto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The form makes the warning personal: the addressed hearer must not forget the LORD who brought him out of Egypt.Read verse guideDeuteronomy 6:21Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural
וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֧נוּway·yō·w·ṣî·’ê·nūto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The form clarifies that the testimony is not abstract history only; the suffix makes the redeemed community part of the confession.Read verse guideDeuteronomy 8:14Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ֛ham·mō·w·ṣî·’ă·ḵāto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The form clarifies that Deuteronomy 8:14 recalls the LORD as the one who brought Israel out, making forgetfulness a failure to remember redemption.Read verse guideDeuteronomy 8:15Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
הַמּוֹצִ֤יאham·mō·w·ṣîto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The form clarifies how the verbal idea relates to the surrounding clause in the rendering "He brought".Read verse guideExodus 3:12Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
בְּהוֹצִֽיאֲךָ֤bə·hō·w·ṣî·’ă·ḵāto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The form compresses time, agency, and outcome: when Moses brings the people out, their worship at the mountain will confirm God's prior promise and sending.Read verse guideExodus 12:42Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
לְהוֹצִיאָ֖םlə·hō·w·ṣî·’āmto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The infinitive makes the vigil a memory of action: the LORD brought an enslaved people out, and Israel's generations are to remember that night.Read verse guideEzekiel 37:1Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
וַיּוֹצִאֵ֤נִיway·yō·w·ṣi·’ê·nîto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The form positions Ezekiel as a recipient and witness before he becomes a speaker, locating prophetic action within a scene initiated by the LORD.Read verse guideEzekiel 47:2Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
וַיּוֹצִאֵנִי֮way·yō·w·ṣi·’ê·nîto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.The causative movement makes Ezekiel's viewpoint deliberate: he is brought outside and around so that the temple water can be seen from a revealing angle.Read verse guideShow 8 more verse guides
Ezra 1:8Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
וַיּֽוֹצִיאֵ֗םway·yō·ṣī·ʾēmto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.Read verse guideGenesis 1:12Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
וַתּוֹצֵ֨אwat·tō·w·ṣêto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.Read verse guideGenesis 1:24Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
תּוֹצֵ֨אtō·w·ṣêto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.Read verse guideGenesis 15:4Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
יֵצֵ֣אyê·ṣêto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.Read verse guideGenesis 15:5Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
וַיּוֹצֵ֨אway·yō·w·ṣêto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.Read verse guideGenesis 15:7Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
הוֹצֵאתִ֙יךָ֙hō·w·ṣê·ṯî·ḵāto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.Read verse guideGenesis 15:14Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
יֵצְא֖וּyê·ṣə·’ūto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.Read verse guideJonah 4:5Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
וַיֵּצֵ֤אway·yê·ṣêto go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.Read verse guideEvidence Summary
Hebrew word. Foundational exit-verb; literal departure expands to birth, emission, utterance, and divine emanation throughout OT narrative.
Source Gloss
to go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms491
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense394×
Imperfect1Kgs 8:44 · 1Sam 2:3 · 1Sam 24:14 · 2Chr 6:34 · 2Kgs 5:11 · 2Kgs 12:13 · 2Kgs 18:7 · 2Sam 7:12 · Deut 24:5 · Eccl 7:18 · Esth 1:17 · Exod 21:2 · Exod 21:3 · Exod 21:4 · Exod 33:7 · Ezek 44:3139×
Perfect1Chr 14:15 · 1Kgs 11:29 · 1Kgs 20:39 · 1Sam 23:15 · 1Sam 24:15 · 1Sam 26:20 · 2Chr 22:7 · 2Kgs 9:11 · 2Kgs 19:9 · 2Kgs 20:4 · 2Sam 5:24 · 2Sam 16:11 · 2Sam 19:20 · 2Sam 20:8 · Dan 8:9 · Dan 9:23123×
Participle active1Chr 5:18 · 1Chr 7:11 · 1Chr 12:34 · 1Chr 12:37 · 1Kgs 5:13 · 1Kgs 15:17 · 1Sam 9:11 · 1Sam 9:14 · 1Sam 11:7 · 1Sam 14:11 · 1Sam 17:55 · 1Sam 18:16 · 2Chr 16:1 · 2Chr 23:8 · 2Chr 25:5 · 2Chr 26:1178×
Sequential imperfect1Kgs 2:30 · 1Kgs 19:11 · 1Kgs 22:22 · 2Chr 18:21 · 2Chr 26:18 · 2Sam 16:7 · 2Sam 19:8 · Exod 11:8 · Ezek 3:22 · Gen 8:16 · Gen 31:13 · Isa 7:3 · Isa 30:22 · Judg 9:38 · 2Chr 20:17 · 2Chr 24:530×
Jussive1Sam 22:3 · 2Kgs 9:15 · 2Kgs 10:25 · Esth 1:19 · Exod 16:29 · Joel 2:16 · Jer 6:25 · Prov 25:89×
Infinitive construct1Chr 20:1 · 1Kgs 3:7 · 2Chr 21:19 · 2Sam 11:1 · Gen 24:11 · Jer 29:2 · Neh 4:157×
Infinitive absolute2Kgs 5:11 · 2Sam 16:5 · 2Sam 18:2 · Gen 8:7 · Gen 27:30 · Jer 38:17 · Num 35:267×
CohortativeSong 7:121×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action94×
Perfect1Chr 20:2 · 1Chr 20:3 · 1Kgs 9:9 · 2Sam 12:30 · 2Sam 12:31 · Deut 6:23 · Deut 7:8 · Deut 22:19 · Exod 12:51 · Exod 13:3 · Exod 16:6 · Exod 18:1 · Ezek 11:7 · Ezra 1:7 · Gen 14:18 · Jer 51:1043×
ImperfectDeut 24:11 · Isa 42:1 · Isa 42:3 · Job 28:11 · Lev 16:27 · Prov 29:11 · Prov 30:33 · Ps 25:15 · Deut 14:28 · Deut 28:38 · Exod 12:46 · Ezek 12:6 · Jer 15:19 · Ps 143:11 · 1Kgs 10:29 · 2Chr 1:1727×
Sequential imperfect2Kgs 10:22 · Gen 8:17 · Gen 19:12 · Isa 43:8 · Judg 6:30 · Judg 19:22 · Lev 24:14 · 2Kgs 11:15 · 2Sam 13:9 · Exod 6:26 · Gen 45:1 · Josh 2:313×
Participle active2Sam 5:2 · Jer 38:23 · Neh 6:19 · Num 14:37 · Ps 68:7 · Ps 135:76×
Infinitive constructEzek 46:20 · Jer 7:222×
CohortativeGen 19:8 · Judg 19:242×
JussiveGen 1:241×
Hophalcausative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action3×
Participle passiveGen 38:25 · Jer 38:222×
PerfectEzek 38:81×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Physical departure or exit, animals and humans leaving the ark after flood
Journey or migration, Abram departing from Ur to travel to Canaan
Divine deliverance or salvation, God leading Israel out from oppression
Emission or expression, fool letting all anger and emotion come out verbally
Exhortation to depart or escape, call for Israel to leave captivity and travel
Showing 5 selected witnesses from 1,076 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
יָצָא is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
For the Preacher and Teacher
יָצָא is ordinary movement language that gains theological weight in particular passages. Exodus 20:2 declares the Lord’s prior deliverance before giving covenant commands. Isaiah 52 depicts restoration from exile, and Isaiah 55 describes God’s word going out and fulfilling his purpose. These texts support a pattern of divine deliverance and effective speech without turning every “going out” into exodus.
Christian proclamation can rightly say that obedience follows God’s saving grace. Colossians 1:13 describes rescue from darkness and transfer into Christ’s kingdom, while Luke 9:31 calls Jesus’ coming death an ἔξοδος. Those explicit texts form a canonical exodus connection. They do not make Colossians a direct H3318 translation or permit every departure image to become a “greater exodus.”
Isaiah 55:11 assures that the Lord’s word accomplishes what he sends it to do. A preacher must still interpret and proclaim that word faithfully; a sermon is not itself guaranteed to accomplish the preacher’s intention merely because it is called a “going out” of God’s word.
Anchor passage
Exod.20.2
Doctrinal connections
- Exod 20:2 — the covenant preamble: YHWH who brought you out of Egypt; the yatsa as covenant identity
- Isa 52:12 — the new exodus yatsa: unhurried, led by YHWH before and behind
- Isa 55:11 — the word of YHWH as yatsa: goes out and does not return empty
- Gen 4:16 — Cain's yatsa from YHWH's presence: exile as the negative counterpart
- Zech 14:8 — eschatological yatsa: living waters going out from Jerusalem
- H935 Bo — to come/enter; the complementary verb: going out and coming in together
יָצָא commonly means to go or come out, depart, emerge, or proceed. The Hiphil often means to bring or lead out. Its broad use includes birth, military movement, exile, speech proceeding from a mouth, water flowing, and geographical departure. English theological terms such as exodus can illuminate selected contexts but should not replace the Hebrew verb’s ordinary range.
From Old to New Testament
Luke 9:31 describes Jesus’ approaching death at Jerusalem as his ἔξοδος, creating an explicit exodus connection within the Transfiguration scene. Colossians 1:13 speaks of rescue from darkness and transfer into the Son’s kingdom, and John 8 speaks of freedom through the Son. These passages develop redemption-from-bondage themes. Hebrews 13:12 emphasizes that Jesus suffered outside the gate in relation to sanctification and the camp imagery developed in the chapter; it does not explicitly echo Israel’s Exodus H3318.
Revelation 22’s river of life and Zechariah 14’s living waters form a meaningful visionary parallel, but the river should not be called the “ultimate yatsa” as though the verb itself reaches fulfillment there.
Passage contextCanonical parallelPastoral application