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תּוֹצָאָה
A result is something that comes out of an action. For example, a colorful wallcomes out of or results from the act of painting.
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Modern Hebrew thus employs the root י.צ.א (y.ts.a) meaning exiting to produce the word for result: תּוֹצָאָה .
For example:
קִיר צִבְעוֹנִי הוּא תּוֹצָאָה שֶׁל צְבִיעָה.
A colorful wall is a result of painting.
and
.הֵם מַמְתִּינִים בְּמֶתַח לְתוֹצְאוֹת הַבְּדִיקָה
They are waiting anxiously for the results of the (medical) test.
Truth is, the word תוצאה first appears in Biblical Hebrew:
(מִכָּל-מִשְׁמָר, נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ, כִּי-מִמֶּנּוּ, תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּים. (מִשְׁלֵי ד’:כ”ג
Above all that which you guard, watch your heart; for from it life springs forth. (Proverbs 4:23)
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