how to say “to take out” in Hebrew
לְהוֹצִיא
We saw yesterday that לָצֵאת means to go out or to leave.
means to go out or to leave.Using the same root (י.צ.א – y.ts.a), Hebrew creates another term – to take out: לְהוֹצִיא , in the active-causative verb form.
, in the active-causative verb form.For Biblical example:
הוֹצִיאוּ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עַל צִבְאֹתָם!
(G-d speaking to Moses and Aaron) Take the Children of Israel out from Egypt, by their legions!
להוציא can refer to a taking out as lofty as the Exodus, or as down-to-earth as:
חַיִּים, תּוֹצִיא אֶת הַזֶּבֶל!
Haim, take out the garbage!
