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Ezra 8:17

“And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.” (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
  • ו — conjunction
  • אוצא — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
  • ה — suffix (paragogic he)
Code HC/Vhw1cs/Sh
Usage
Occurs 1,076 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:24Genesis 2:10Genesis 4:16Genesis 8:7

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָצָא here.

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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.