Hebrew · H4161, H8193

מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיךָ

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) · the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language ; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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מוֹצָא H4161 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)

Pronunciation mwōṣāʾ

Denotes both the dynamic act of emergence and the static point/place of origin; spans physical exits to speech production.

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שָׂפָה H8193 the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language ; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

Pronunciation saphah

Lip as boundary extends metaphorically to language and edges, treating speech as a defining perimeter of identity.

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What does מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיךָ (motsa sefatekha) mean in the Bible?

מוֹצָא · שָׂפָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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)". a going forth , i.

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Meaning

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)

Word Origins

מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיךָ is built from this root:

יָצָא H3318 to go (causatively, bring ) out , in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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