how to say “to leave” in Hebrew
לָצֵאת, לַעֲזוֹב
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 is the exiting of Egypt or the Exodus.
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 . But whereas לצאת might mean to leave permanently or just for a bit, לעזוב tends to have more of a finality about it.
. 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.
