תּוֹצָאָהtôwtsâʼâh
outgoing, extremity, source (?), escape
Pronunciation: to-tsaw-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8444
Meanings
1. outgoing, extremity (Joshua 16:3; Joshua 17:18; Numbers 34:4)
2. sources, (? read מוֺצְאוֺת) (Proverbs 4:23)
3. escapes from, (literally for, i.e. in view of) (Psalms 68:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 23 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 34:4 It will then run south past Scorpion Pass in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.
- Numbers 34:5 From Azmon the boundary will turn toward the Brook of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
- Numbers 34:8 then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad
- Numbers 34:9 and Ziphron to Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.
- Numbers 34:12 and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”
- Joshua 15:4 From there it passed to Azmon until it finally reached the Brook of Egypt, which it followed to the Mediterranean Sea. This was their southern boundary.
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).