מוֹצָאָהmôwtsâʼâh
only plural
Pronunciation: mo-tsaw-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4163
Meanings
a. his origin (Micah 5:1)
b. places of going out to, a privy (2 Kings 10:27)
Same root
- מוֹצָאmôwtsâʼ · H4161a 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)
- צוֹאָהtsôwʼâh · H6675excrement; generally, dirt; figuratively, pollution
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 10:27 They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.
- Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).