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

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).