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Deuteronomy 21:2

“Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָצָאyâtsâʼ · yaw-tsaw'
H3318 · Hebrew
Definition
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Derivation
a primitive root;
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.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • יָצְא֥וּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HC/Vqq3cp
Usage
Occurs 1,076 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:24Genesis 2:10Genesis 4:16Genesis 8:7

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.