מוֹצָאָה
motsaa · latrine; descent
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4163 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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motsaa (מוֹצָאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “latrine; descent”.
It has two uses. 1) A place where filth goes out: latrine, sewer. In 2 Kings 10:27 the house of Baal is turned into "latrines"; this is the form that is read, while what is written uses a cruder word. 2) Descent, origin (Micah 5:2).
How to say it
mo·tsa·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Origin: where someone comes from, from of old.
- A place for the body's waste.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- goings out ×1
- latrines ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 10:27
They tore down the standing stone of Baal, and they tore down the house of Baal and made it into latrines to this day.
- Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, small to be among the thousands of Judah, from you one will come out for me to be ruler in Israel, and his goings out are from of old, from the days of long ago.