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Genesis 8:16

“Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.” (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
  • צֵ֖א — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HVqv2ms
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.