how to say “to leave” in Hebrew
לָצֵאת, לַעֲזוֹב
Also featured in our Passover video is one of the Hebrew terms for to leave: לָצֵאת
listen and repeat.
listen and repeat.לצאת – an active-simple verb of the root י.צ.א (y.ts.a) – means literally to go out or to exit, so that יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם listen and repeat is the exiting of Egypt or the Exodus.
listen and repeat is the exiting of Egypt or the Exodus.Here are a couple of colloquial usages of לצאת:
יָצָאנוּ לְדֵייט.
We went out on a date.
and
יָצָאתִי הַיּוֹם מֻקְדָם מֵהָעֲבוֹדָה.
I left work early today.
Another word for to leave is לַעֲזוֹב listen and repeat. But whereas לצאת might mean to leave permanently or just for a bit, לעזוב tends to have more of a finality about it.
listen and repeat. But whereas לצאת might mean to leave permanently or just for a bit, לעזוב tends to have more of a finality about it.For example:
הוּא עוֹזֵב אֶת אִינְטֶל וְהוֹלֵךְ לַעֲבוֹד בְּחֶבְרָה אֲחֶרֶת.
He’s leaving Intel and going to work at a different company.
