יצא

יצא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־צ־א‎

Compare Ge'ez ወፅአ (wäṣ́ʾä).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jaˈtsa/

Verb

יָצָא • (yatsá) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָצֵאת‎, present יוֹצֵא‎, future יֵצֵא, imperative צֵא‎)

1. (intransitive) To go out (of, from), come out (of, from), exit (from), leave, depart, get out (of, from).

   ‏התלמידה יצאה מן הכיתה והלכה לחצר.‎‎ ― hatalmida yatz'a min hakita v'halkha lakhatzer ― The (female) student left the classroom and went to the courtyard.

2. (intransitive) To come out, come away.

   ‏הוא יצא מן התאונה בשריטות קלות בלבד.‎‎ ― hu yatza min hat'una bish'ritot kalot bil'vad. ― He came out of the accident with only minor scrapes.

3. (intransitive) To come out, result, be produced.

   ‏גם אני עשיתי את החישוב ויצא לי מספר אחר לגמרי.‎‎ ― gam ani asiti et hakhishuv v'yatza li mispar akher l'gamre. ― I also did the calculation and I got (literally came out for me) a completely different number.

   ‏שכחתי את העוגה בתנור והיא יצאה קצת שרופה.‎‎ ― shakhakhti et ha'uga batanur v'hi yatz'a k'tzat s'rufa. ― I forgot the cake in the oven and it came out a bit burnt.

4. (colloquial, intransitive) To come out, turn out to be.

   ‏אולי השגת מה שרצית, אבל אתה יוצא מאוד רע מכל הסיפור הזה.‎‎ ― ulai hisagta ma sheratzita, aval ata yotze m'od ra mikol hasipur haze. ― Maybe you got what you wanted, but you came out very bad from the whole thing.

5. (transitive and informal intransitive) To be exempt (from), to have satisfied one's obligations (regarding).
6. (יֹצֵא, yotsé) masculine singular present participle and present tense of יָצָא‎
   • Exodus 4:14, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏הִנֵּה הוּא יֹצֵא לִקְרָאתֶךָ‎

     hiné hú yotsé likratécha

     behold, he cometh forth to meet thee

7. (יֵצֵא, yetsé) third-person masculine singular future (prefix conjugation) of יָצָא‎

Conjugation

Conjugation of יָצָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לָצֵאת‎ action noun: יְצִיאָה‎ passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	יָצָאתִי‎		יָצָאנוּ‎
	second	יָצָאתָ‎	יָצָאת‎	יְצָאתֶם‎1	יְצָאתֶן‎1
	third	יָצָא	יָצְאָה‎	יָצְאוּ‎
present		יוֹצֵא‎	יוֹצֵאת‎	יוֹצְאִים‎	יוֹצְאוֹת‎
future	first	אֵצֵא‎		נֵצֵא‎
	second	תֵּצֵא‎	תֵּצְאִי‎	תֵּצְאוּ‎	תֵּצֶאנָה‎2
	third	יֵצֵא	תֵּצֵא‎	יֵצְאוּ‎	תֵּצֶאנָה‎2
imperative		צֵא‎	צְאִי‎	צְאוּ‎	צֶאנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced יָצָאתֶם‎ and יָצָאתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Antonyms

• נִכְנַס‎ (nikhnás, “enter”)
• בָּא‎ (bā, “come in, enter”)

Derived terms

• יצא בדימוס‎ (yatsá b'dimos)
• יצא בשאלה‎ (yatsá bish'elá)
• יצא בשן ועין‎ (yatsá b'shen vaayin)
• יצא גבר‎ (yatsá gever)
• יצא זכאי‎ (yatsá zakái)
• יצא לאור‎ (yatsá la'ór)
• יצא לתרבות רעה‎ (yatsá l'tarbút ra'á)
• יצא מדעתו‎ (yatsá mida'tó)
• יצא מהארון‎ (yatsá meiha'arón)
• יצא מן הכלים‎ (yatsá mín hakeilím)
• יצא שכרו בהפסדו‎ (yatsá s'kharó b'hefsedó)

Further reading

• H3318 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979