מָצָא
to find
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H4672
Strong's Hebrew
mâtsâʼ
Transliteration
/maw-tsaw'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
457
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to find, attain to
- (Qal)
- to find
- to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
- to find (what is lost)
- to meet, encounter
- to find (a condition)
- to learn, devise
- to find out
- to find out
- to detect
- to guess
- to come upon, light upon
- to happen upon, meet, fall in with
- to hit
- to befall
- (Niphal)
- to be found
- to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
- to appear, be recognised
- to be discovered, be detected
- to be gained, be secured
- to be, be found
- to be found in
- to be in the possession of
- to be found in (a place), happen to be
- to be left (after war)
- to be present
- to prove to be
- to be found sufficient, be enough
- (Hiphil)
- to cause to find, attain
- to cause to light upon, come upon, come
- to cause to encounter
- to present (offering)
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘find’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be found’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘i s. sf.’
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 67 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 45 times (10%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 30 times (7%)
- Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 25 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 25 times (5%)
- Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 24 times (5%)
- Verb, Niphal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 24 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 24 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 22 times (5%)
+59 more forms (238 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 457 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 3 — showing verses 1–200 of 425 distinct verses where H4672 appears, across 34 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 54 verses
- Genesis 2:20 מָצָ֥א Qal pf 3ms The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.
- Genesis 4:14 מֹצְאִ֖/י Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
- Genesis 4:15 מֹצְאֽ/וֹ Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
- Genesis 6:8 מָ֥צָא Qal pf 3ms But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.
- Genesis 8:9 מָצְאָה֩ Qal pf 3fs but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.
- Genesis 11:2 וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived there.
- Genesis 16:7 וַֽ/יִּמְצָאָ֞/הּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Genesis 18:3 מָצָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.
- Genesis 18:26 אֶמְצָ֥א Qal impf 1cs Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."
- Genesis 18:28 אֶמְצָ֣א Qal impf 1cs What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
- Genesis 18:29 יִמָּצְא֥וּ/ן Niphal impf 3mp + sfx n He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
- Genesis 18:30 יִמָּצְא֥וּ/ן אֶמְצָ֥א Niphal impf 3mp + sfx n Qal impf 1cs He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
- Genesis 18:31 יִמָּצְא֥וּ/ן Niphal impf 3mp + sfx n He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."
- Genesis 18:32 יִמָּצְא֥וּ/ן Niphal impf 3mp + sfx n He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
- Genesis 19:11 לִ/מְצֹ֥א prep + Qal inf.cs They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Genesis 19:15 הַ/נִּמְצָאֹ֔ת ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act fp When the morning arose, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."
- Genesis 19:19 מָצָ֨א Qal pf 3ms See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
- Genesis 26:12 וַ/יִּמְצָ֛א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
- Genesis 26:19 וַ/יִּ֨מְצְאוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
- Genesis 26:32 מָצָ֥אנוּ Qal pf 1cp It happened the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water."
- Genesis 27:20 לִ/מְצֹ֖א prep + Qal inf.cs Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."
- Genesis 30:14 וַ/יִּמְצָ֤א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
- Genesis 30:27 מָצָ֥אתִי Qal pf 1cs Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
- Genesis 31:32 תִּמְצָ֣א Qal impf 2ms With whoever you find your gods, he shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.
- Genesis 31:33 מָצָ֑א Qal pf 3ms Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
- Genesis 31:34 מָצָֽא Qal pf 3ms Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn't find them.
- Genesis 31:35 מָצָ֖א Qal pf 3ms She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me." He searched, but didn't find the teraphim.
- Genesis 31:37 מָּצָ֨אתָ֙ Qal pf 2ms Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
- Genesis 32:5 לִ/מְצֹא prep + Qal inf.cs I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, men-servants, and maid-servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"
- Genesis 32:19 בְּ/מֹצַאֲ/כֶ֖ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 2mp He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
- Genesis 33:8 לִ/מְצֹא prep + Qal inf.cs Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
- Genesis 33:10 מָצָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
- Genesis 33:15 אֶמְצָא Qal coh 1cs Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."
- Genesis 34:11 אֶמְצָא Qal impf 1cs Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
- Genesis 36:24 מָצָ֤א Qal pf 3ms These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
- Genesis 37:15 וַ/יִּמְצָאֵ֣/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, "What are you looking for?"
- Genesis 37:17 וַ/יִּמְצָאֵ֖/ם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
- Genesis 37:32 מָצָ֑אנוּ Qal pf 1cp They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."
- Genesis 38:20 מְצָאָֽ/הּ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.
- Genesis 38:22 מְצָאתִ֑י/הָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 3fs He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"
- Genesis 38:23 מְצָאתָֽ/הּ Qal pf 2ms + sfx pers 3fs Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you haven't found her."
- Genesis 39:4 וַ/יִּמְצָ֨א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
- Genesis 41:38 הֲ/נִמְצָ֣א ptcl inter + Qal impf 1cp Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
- Genesis 44:8 מָצָ֨אנוּ֙ Qal pf 1cp Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
- Genesis 44:9 יִמָּצֵ֥א Niphal impf 3ms With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondservants."
- Genesis 44:10 יִמָּצֵ֤א Niphal impf 3ms He said, "Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless."
- Genesis 44:12 וַ/יִּמָּצֵא֙ conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
- Genesis 44:16 מָצָא֙ נִמְצָ֥א Qal pf 3ms Niphal pf 3ms Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."
- Genesis 44:17 נִמְצָ֨א Niphal pf 3ms He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
- Genesis 44:34 יִמְצָ֖א Qal impf 3ms For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me? Lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
- Genesis 47:14 הַ/נִּמְצָ֤א ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act ms Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
- Genesis 47:25 נִמְצָא Qal impf 1cp They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
- Genesis 47:29 מָצָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
- Genesis 50:4 מָצָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Exodus 20 verses
- Exodus 5:11 תִּמְצָ֑אוּ Qal impf 2mp Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished."
- Exodus 9:19 יִמָּצֵ֣א Niphal impf 3ms Now therefore command that all of your cattle and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"
- Exodus 12:19 יִמָּצֵ֖א Niphal impf 3ms Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land.
- Exodus 15:22 מָ֥צְאוּ Qal pf 3cp Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
- Exodus 16:25 תִמְצָאֻ֖/הוּ Qal impf 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.
- Exodus 16:27 מָצָֽאוּ Qal pf 3cp It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
- Exodus 18:8 מְצָאָ֣תַ/ם Qal pf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
- Exodus 21:16 וְ/נִמְצָ֥א conj + Niphal wpf 3ms "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 22:2 יִמָּצֵ֥א Niphal impf 3ms If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
- Exodus 22:4 הִמָּצֵא֩ תִמָּצֵ֨א Niphal inf.abs Niphal impf 3fs If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
- Exodus 22:6 וּ/מָצְאָ֤ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Exodus 22:7 יִמָּצֵ֥א Niphal impf 3ms "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
- Exodus 22:8 יִמָּצֵא֙ Niphal impf 3ms If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
- Exodus 33:12 מָצָ֥אתָ Qal pf 2ms Moses said to Yahweh, "Behold, you tell me, 'Bring up this people:' and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.'
- Exodus 33:13 מָצָ֨אתִי אֶמְצָא Qal pf 1cs Qal impf 1cs Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people."
- Exodus 33:16 מָצָ֨אתִי Qal pf 1cs For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn't it in that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?"
- Exodus 33:17 מָצָ֤אתָ Qal pf 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."
- Exodus 34:9 מָצָ֨אתִי Qal pf 1cs He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
- Exodus 35:23 נִמְצָ֣א Niphal pf 3ms Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.
- Exodus 35:24 נִמְצָ֨א Niphal pf 3ms Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.
Leviticus 8 verses
- Leviticus 6:3 מָצָ֧א Qal pf 3ms or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
- Leviticus 6:4 מָצָֽא Qal pf 3ms then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,
- Leviticus 9:12 וַ֠/יַּמְצִאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp He killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 9:13 הִמְצִ֧יאוּ Hiphil pf 3cp They delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burned them upon the altar.
- Leviticus 9:18 וַ֠/יַּמְצִאוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp He also killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about,
- Leviticus 12:8 תִמְצָ֣א Qal impf 3fs If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"
- Leviticus 25:26 וּ/מָצָ֖א conj + Qal wpf 3ms If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
- Leviticus 25:28 מָֽצְאָ֜ה Qal pf 3fs But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his propery.
Numbers 10 verses
- Numbers 11:11 מָצָ֥תִי Qal pf 1cs Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your servant? and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
- Numbers 11:15 מָצָ֥אתִי Qal pf 1cs If you deal thus with me, please kill me out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
- Numbers 11:22 וּ/מָצָ֣א וּ/מָצָ֥א conj + Qal wpf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 3ms Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
- Numbers 15:32 וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
- Numbers 15:33 הַ/מֹּצְאִ֥ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
- Numbers 20:14 מְצָאָֽתְ/נוּ Qal pf 3fs + sfx pers 1cp Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has happened to us:
- Numbers 31:50 מָצָ֤א Qal pf 3ms We have brought Yahweh's offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.
- Numbers 32:5 מָצָ֤אנוּ Qal pf 1cp They said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us over the Jordan.
- Numbers 32:23 תִּמְצָ֖א Qal impf 3fs But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.
- Numbers 35:27 וּ/מָצָ֤א conj + Qal pf 3ms and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,
Deuteronomy 22 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:29 וּ/מָצָ֑אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 4:30 וּ/מְצָא֕וּ/ךָ conj + Qal wpf 3cp + sfx pers 2ms When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 17:2 יִמָּצֵ֤א Niphal impf 3ms If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant,
- Deuteronomy 18:10 יִמָּצֵ֣א Niphal impf 3ms There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
- Deuteronomy 19:5 וּ/מָצָ֥א conj + Qal wpf 3ms as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
- Deuteronomy 20:11 הַ/נִּמְצָא ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act ms It shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
- Deuteronomy 21:1 יִמָּצֵ֣א Niphal impf 3ms If one be found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck him;
- Deuteronomy 21:17 יִמָּצֵ֖א Niphal impf 3ms but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
- Deuteronomy 22:3 וּ/מְצָאתָ֑/הּ conj + Qal wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3fs So shall you do with his donkey; and so shall you do with his garment; and so shall you do with every lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself.
- Deuteronomy 22:14 מָצָ֥אתִי Qal pf 1cs and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;
- Deuteronomy 22:17 מָצָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
- Deuteronomy 22:20 נִמְצְא֥וּ Niphal pf 3cp But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;
- Deuteronomy 22:22 יִמָּצֵ֨א Niphal impf 3ms If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away the evil from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 22:23 וּ/מְצָאָ֥/הּ conj + Qal wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs If there be a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
- Deuteronomy 22:25 יִמְצָ֣א Qal impf 3ms But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only who lay with her shall die:
- Deuteronomy 22:27 מְצָאָ֑/הּ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was none to save her.
- Deuteronomy 22:28 יִמְצָ֣א וְ/נִמְצָֽאוּ Qal impf 3ms conj + Niphal wpf 3cp If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
- Deuteronomy 24:1 תִמְצָא מָ֤צָא Qal impf 3fs Qal pf 3ms When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
- Deuteronomy 24:7 יִמָּצֵ֣א Niphal impf 3ms If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
- Deuteronomy 31:17 וּ/מְצָאֻ֛/הוּ מְצָא֖וּ/נִי conj + Qal wpf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 1cs Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, Haven't these evils come on us because our God is not among us?
- Deuteronomy 31:21 תִמְצֶ֨אןָ Qal impf 3fp It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
- Deuteronomy 32:10 יִמְצָאֵ֨/הוּ֙ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He found him in a desert land, In the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 2:22 מָצָֽאוּ Qal pf 3cp They went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
- Joshua 2:23 הַ/מֹּצְא֖וֹת ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fp Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.
- Joshua 10:17 נִמְצְאוּ֙ Niphal pf 3cp It was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 17:16 יִמָּ֥צֵא Niphal impf 3ms The children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.
Judges 13 verses
- Judges 1:5 וַֽ֠/יִּמְצְאוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
- Judges 5:30 יִמְצְא֜וּ Qal impf 3mp Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?
- Judges 6:13 מְצָאַ֖תְ/נוּ Qal pf 3fs + sfx pers 1cp Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt? but now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
- Judges 6:17 מָצָ֥אתִי Qal pf 1cs He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
- Judges 9:33 תִּמְצָ֥א Qal impf 3fs and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and, behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.
- Judges 14:12 וּ/מְצָאתֶ֔ם conj + Qal pf 2mp Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
- Judges 14:18 מְצָאתֶ֖ם Qal pf 2mp The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? He said to them, If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, You wouldn't have found out my riddle.
- Judges 15:15 וַ/יִּמְצָ֥א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and struck a thousand men therewith.
- Judges 17:8 יִמְצָ֑א Qal impf 3ms The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
- Judges 17:9 אֶמְצָֽא Qal impf 1cs Micah said to him, Whence come you? He said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
- Judges 20:48 הַ/נִּמְצָ֑א הַ/נִּמְצָא֖וֹת ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act ms ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act fp The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
- Judges 21:12 וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֞וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
- Judges 21:14 מָצְא֥וּ Qal pf 3cp Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.
Ruth 4 verses
- Ruth 1:9 וּ/מְצֶ֣אןָ conj + Qal impv 2fp Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
- Ruth 2:2 אֶמְצָא Qal impf 1cs Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. She said to her, Go, my daughter.
- Ruth 2:10 מָצָ֨אתִי Qal pf 1cs Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
- Ruth 2:13 אֶמְצָא Qal impf 1cs Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.
1 Samuel 34 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:18 תִּמְצָ֧א Qal juss 3fs She said, Let your handmaid find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.
- 1 Samuel 9:4 מָצָ֑אוּ מָצָֽאוּ Qal pf 3cp Qal pf 3cp He passed through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they weren't there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn't find them.
- 1 Samuel 9:8 נִמְצָ֣א Niphal pf 3ms The servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
- 1 Samuel 9:11 מָצְא֣וּ Qal pf 3cp As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
- 1 Samuel 9:13 תִּמְצְא֣וּ/ן תִּמְצְא֥וּ/ן Qal impf 2mp + sfx n Qal impf 2mp + sfx n as soon as you are come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he come, because he does bless the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat who are invited. Now therefore get you up; for at this time you shall find him.
- 1 Samuel 9:20 נִמְצָ֑אוּ Niphal pf 3cp As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?
- 1 Samuel 10:2 וּ/מָצָאתָ֩ נִמְצְא֤וּ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Niphal pf 3cp When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
- 1 Samuel 10:3 וּ/מְצָא֤וּ/ךָ conj + Qal wpf 3cp + sfx pers 2ms Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet you there three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
- 1 Samuel 10:7 תִּמְצָ֣א Qal impf 3fs Let it be, when these signs are come to you, that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you.
- 1 Samuel 10:16 נִמְצְא֖וּ Niphal pf 3cp Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him.
- 1 Samuel 10:21 נִמְצָֽא Niphal pf 3ms He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.
- 1 Samuel 12:5 מְצָאתֶ֛ם Qal pf 2mp He said to them, Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. They said, He is witness.
- 1 Samuel 13:15 הַ/נִּמְצְאִ֣ים ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act mp Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 13:16 הַ/נִּמְצָ֣א ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act ms Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 13:19 יִמָּצֵ֔א Niphal impf 3ms Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
- 1 Samuel 13:22 נִמְצָ֜א וַ/תִּמָּצֵ֣א Niphal pf 3ms conj + Niphal wimpf 3fs So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
- 1 Samuel 14:30 מָצָ֑א Qal pf 3ms How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now has there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 16:22 מָ֥צָא Qal pf 3ms Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.
- 1 Samuel 20:3 מָצָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
- 1 Samuel 20:21 מְצָ֣א Qal impv 2ms Behold, I will send the boy, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I tell the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you; take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
- 1 Samuel 20:29 מָצָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he is not come to the king's table.
- 1 Samuel 20:36 מְצָ֥א Qal impv 2ms He said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
- 1 Samuel 21:3 הַ/נִּמְצָֽא ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act ms Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
- 1 Samuel 23:17 תִֽמְצָאֲ/ךָ֙ Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 2ms He said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
- 1 Samuel 24:19 יִמְצָ֥א Qal impf 3ms For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me this day.
- 1 Samuel 25:8 וְ/יִמְצְא֨וּ תִּמְצָ֤א conj + Qal impf 3mp Qal impf 3fs Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.
- 1 Samuel 25:28 תִמָּצֵ֥א Niphal impf 3fs Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.
- 1 Samuel 27:5 מָצָ֨אתִי Qal pf 1cs David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?
- 1 Samuel 29:3 מָצָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
- 1 Samuel 29:6 מָצָ֤אתִֽי Qal pf 1cs Then Achish called David, and said to him, As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords don't favor you.
- 1 Samuel 29:8 מָּצָ֣אתָ Qal pf 2ms David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
- 1 Samuel 30:11 וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
- 1 Samuel 31:3 וַ/יִּמְצָאֻ֥/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
- 1 Samuel 31:8 וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 10 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:8 הִמְצִיתִ֖/ךָ Hiphil pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
- 2 Samuel 7:27 מָצָ֤א Qal pf 3ms For you, Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
- 2 Samuel 14:22 מָצָ֨אתִי Qal pf 1cs Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.
- 2 Samuel 15:25 אֶמְצָ֥א Qal impf 1cs The king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
- 2 Samuel 16:4 אֶמְצָא Qal impf 1cs Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, all that pertains to Mephibosheth is yours. Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.
- 2 Samuel 17:12 נִמְצָ֣א Niphal pf 3ms So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one.
- 2 Samuel 17:13 נִמְצָ֥א Niphal pf 3ms Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there not be one small stone found there.
- 2 Samuel 17:20 מָצָ֔אוּ Qal pf 3cp Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 18:22 מֹצֵֽאת Qal ptcp.act fs Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, Please let me also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?
- 2 Samuel 20:6 מָ֥צָא Qal pf 3ms David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
1 Kings 15 verses
- 1 Kings 1:3 וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
- 1 Kings 1:52 תִמָּצֵא Niphal impf 3fs Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
- 1 Kings 11:19 וַ/יִּמְצָא֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
- 1 Kings 11:29 וַ/יִּמְצָ֣א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
- 1 Kings 13:14 וַ/יִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? He said, I am.
- 1 Kings 13:24 וַ/יִּמְצָאֵ֧/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms When he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him: and his body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.
- 1 Kings 13:28 וַ/יִּמְצָ֤א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the donkey.
- 1 Kings 14:13 נִמְצָא Niphal pf 3ms All Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 18:5 נִמְצָ֣א Qal impf 1cp Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
- 1 Kings 18:10 יִמְצָאֶֽ/כָּה Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.
- 1 Kings 18:12 יִֽמְצָאֲ/ךָ֖ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me: but I your servant fear Yahweh from my youth.
- 1 Kings 19:19 וַ/יִּמְצָ֞א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
- 1 Kings 20:36 וַ/יִּמְצָאֵ֥/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you. As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.
- 1 Kings 20:37 וַ/יִּמְצָא֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then he found another man, and said, Please strike me. The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
- 1 Kings 21:20 הַֽ/מְצָאתַ֖/נִי מָצָ֔אתִי ptcl inter + Qal pf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Qal pf 1cs Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, my enemy? He answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.
2 Kings 24 verses
- 2 Kings 2:17 מְצָאֻֽ/הוּ Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but didn't find him.
- 2 Kings 4:29 תִמְצָ֥א Qal impf 2ms Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, Don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again: and lay my staff on the face of the child.
- 2 Kings 4:39 וַ/יִּמְצָא֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered of it wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of stew; for they didn't recognize them.
- 2 Kings 7:9 וּ/מְצָאָ֣/נוּ conj + Qal wpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp Then they said one to another, We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace: if we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.
- 2 Kings 9:21 וַ/יִּמְצָאֻ֔/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms Joram said, Make ready. They made ready his chariot. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
- 2 Kings 9:35 מָ֣צְאוּ Qal pf 3cp They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
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מצא — transliterated mâtsâʼ — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to find.” It first appears in Genesis 2:20. With 425 verses in 34 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Read the stem: it spans 3 stems, including Qal and Niphal. From the same root come מטא and מצביה. See the sense tree, 425-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
be able
Modern gloss
to find
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H4672 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 425
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 425 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #109
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 109 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Genesis 54 verses 13%
- 1 Samuel 34 verses 8%
- 2 Chronicles 28 verses 7%
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 425 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 160 verses · 38%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 151 verses · 36%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 114 verses · 27%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Found 50×, Find 19×, They found 19×
- American Standard Version: Found 45×, Find 17×, They found 15×
- Berean Standard Bible: Found 34×, Find 26×, I have found 23×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Found 48×, Find 45×, I have found 26×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4672 across 455 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 152 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4672 across 454 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 169 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4672 across 436 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 141 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 19 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4672 across 560 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 102 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
42 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 42 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. מ׳ Gn 2:20 +, sf. מְצָאוֹ Jb 31:29, 3 fs. מָֽצְאָה Gn 8:9 +, sf. מְצָאַתְנוּ Ju 6:13 Ne 9:32, מְצָאָ֫תַם Ex 18:18; 2 ms. מָצָאתָ Gn 31:37 +; i s. מָצָאתִי Gn 18:3 +, מָצָתִי Nu 11:11, sf. מְצָאתִיו Ct 3:1, 2, מְצָאתִיהוּ Ct 5:6; 3 pl. מָֽצְאוּ Ju 21:14 +; sf. מְצָאנֻהוּ Jb 37:23, etc.; Impf. יִמְצָא 1 S 24:20 +, 3 fs. תִּמְצָא 1 S 1:18 +; 3 mpl. יִמְצְאוּ Ju 5:30 +, sf. יִמְצָאֻהוּ Jb 20:8, יִמְצָאֻנְנִי Pr 1:28; 8:17, יִמְצָאוּנְהָ Je 2:24; 3 fpl. תִּמְצֶאןָ Dt 31:21 etc.; Imv. מְצָא 1 S 20:21, 36, וּמְצָא־ Pr 3:4; mpl. מִצְאוּ Je 6:16; fpl. וּמְצֶאןָ Ru 1:9; Inf. מְצֹא, מְצוֹא ψ 32:6 Gn 19:11 +, sf. בְּמֹצַאֲכֶם Gn 32:20 [= מָצְאֲכֶם Ges§ 74, 3, R. 2]; Pt. מוֹצֵא ψ 119:162, מוֹצֶה Ec 7:26, sf. מֹצְאִי Gn 4:14 Pr 8:35; fs. abs. מֹצֵאת 2 S 18:22, מוֹצֵאת Ct 8:10; mpl. מֹצְאִים Nu 15:33, cstr. מֹצְאֵי Pr 8:9; fpl. abs. מֹצְאוֹת Jos 2:23, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 2:20
- 1. find:
- a. thing sought, c. acc. rei, straw Ex 5:11 (J), water Gn 26:32 (J), cf. v 19, Ex 15:22 (J), grass 1 K 18:5, help, consort, Gn 2:20 (J), cf. Pr 18:22 +; with idea of attaining to, arrivig at, a resting-place Gn 8:9 (J) Is 34:14 cf. צִפּוֹר מָֽצְאָה בַּיִת ψ 84:4, Je 45:3 La 1:3; of marriage Ru 1:9; of finding place for temple ψ 132:5; fig. וּמִצְאוּ מַרְגּוֹעַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶם JE 6:16 and find quiet for yourselves; find grave Jb 3:22; reach cities 2 S 20:6 (where read יִמְצָא Vrss Th Dr Kit Bu), cf. ψ 107:4; find=secure prey, booty, plunder Gn 27:20 (J), Ju 5:30; 21:12 1 S 14:30 cf. 2 Ch 20:25 Pr 1:13 ψ 119:162; of securing gain Ho 12:9 (+ לִי; ‖ עשׁר), Jb 31:25; so perhaps also abs. אֵין בְּשׂוֹרָה מֹצֵאת 2 S 18:22 there is no news securing gain i.e. such as to bring you a reward (cf. Th Dr; but text dub.); secure as crop Gn 26:12 (J), cf. Ec 11:1;=acquire, get wounds and dishonour Pr 6:33; מ׳ הֵן בְּעֵינֵי פ׳ find (=gain, secure) favour in the eyes of any one: of י׳, †Gn 6:8 Ex 33:12, 13(×2), 16, 17; 34:9 (all J), Nu 11:11, 15 (JE), Ju 6:17 2 S 15:25†; oftener of men Gn 18:3; 19:19; 30:27; 32:6 + 8 times Gn (all J), Nu 32:5 (JE), Dt 24:1 1 S 1:18 + 7 times S, 1 K 11:19 Ru 2:2, 10, 13 Est 5:8; 7:3; מ׳ חֵן לִפְנֵי פ׳ †Est 8:5; אָז הָיִיתִי בְעֵינָיו כְּמוֹצֵאת שָׁלוֹם †Ct 8:10; abs. מָצָא הֵן †Je 31:2 Pr 3:4; 28:23 †:=seek and find 1 S 20:21 (arrows), so v 36; fig. of grounds of accusation Jb 33:10 he succeeds in finding; so also Is 58:3, 13; find knowledge of God Pr 2:5 cf. 8:9, word of י׳ Am 8:12, words of wisdom Pr 4:22, wisdom Jb 32:13 Pr 24:14 (v. also infr.); ransom Jb 33:24; life Pr 8:35 (Qr מָצָא; > Kt מצאי, i.e. מֹצְאֵי De Str Wild), 21:21; c. acc. pers. Gn 18:26, 28, 30 (J), 41:38 (E), 1 S 9:13(×2) 1 K 1:3; 13:14 cf. v 28, +; of pursuit Jos 2:22 (J); find י׳ †Ho 5:6 Dt 4:29 Je 29:13 Jb 23:3 ψ 32:6 + Ho 6:3 (read כְּשַׁחֲרֵנוּ כֵן נִמְצָאֵהוּ, for MT כְּשַׁחַר נָכוֹן מֹצָאוֹ GieBeitr. z. Jes Krit. 208 We Now); so poss. also (obj. om.) Je 10:18 (so Gf; 𝔙 Or read Niph.; Gie יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ), (Jb 37:23; 11:7(×2) v. infr.); find wisdom (personif.) Pr 1:28; 8:17, 35 cf. 3:13. e.g. Exodus 5:11
- b. what is lost, missed, c. acc. rei, Gn 31:32, 33, 34, 35, 37 (E), 1 S 9:4(×2) Dt 22:3 Lv 5:22, 23 (P), Gn 36:24 (P) +; וַיִּלְאוּ לִמְצֹא הַפָּ֑תַח Gn 19:11 and they grew weary in finding the door; find a word (to say) Ne 5:8 Ec 12:10, answer Jb 32:3, vision from י׳ La 2:9; c. acc. pers. Gn 38:20, 22, 23 (J), 2 S 17:20 1 K 18:10, 12; 21:20(×2) 2 K 2:17 Ez 22:30 Pr 7:15 Ct 3:1, 2, 4; 5:6 +. e.g. Genesis 31:32
- c. meet, encounter, c. acc. pers. (one expected), Gn 32:20 (E), 2 K 9:21 Je 41:12 2 Ch 20:16; cf. also Nu 35:27 (P). e.g. Genesis 32:20
- d. find a condition, find one in a situation; וְלֹא מ׳ לָהּ בְּתוּלִים Dt 22:14 cf. v 17 24:1; וַיִּמ׳ אֶת־מֶלֶךְ … נִלְחָם 2 K 19:8 and he found the king of Assyria warring against Lachish=Is 37:8; וּמ׳ אֶת־לְבָבוֹ נֶאֱמָן Ne 9:8; מ׳ כָּתוּב בספר Ne 7:5; 8:14; especially late, 1 Ch 20:2 2 Ch 25:5 Dn 1:20 Ec 7:26. e.g. Deuteronomy 22:14
- e. =learn, devise Ec 7:27(×2), 29. e.g. Ecclesiastes 7:27
- f. =experience sorrow ψ 116:3, cf. Ec 7:14. e.g. Psalms 116:3
- 2. find out:
- a. find out thoroughly, explore: obj. God Jb 11:7(×2); 37:23; God’s works Ec 3:11; 8:17(×3), cf. 7:24. e.g. Job 11:7
- b. =detect sin, crime, usually in (ב) one, 2 K 17:4 1 S 29:3, 6, 8 Ho 12:9; לֹא מ׳ בְּיָדִי מְאוּמָה 1 S 12:5; detect evil in God Je 2:5; subj. God Je 2:34; 23:11; מ׳ עֲוֹן עֲבָדֶיךָ Gn 44:16 (J), cf. ψ 36:3; abs. ψ 10:15; 17:3†. e.g. 2 Kings 17:4
- c. =guess, solve riddle Ju 14:12, 18 cf. Pr 8:12. e.g. Judges 14:12
- 3. = come upon, light upon:
- a. often unexpectedly=happen upon, c. acc. rei, money Gn 4:8 (J), book 2 K 22:8; 23:24=2 Ch 34:14, 15, cf. Ne 7:5; honey Pr 25:16, ship Jon 1:3; a plain Gn 11:2 (J), jawbone Ju 15:15; ark of י׳ ψ 132:6 (according to some, but dub.; Bae proposes הוֹצֵאנוּהָ); indef. Ez 3:1 (del. 𝔊 Co); c. acc. pers.=meet, fall in with Gn 4:14, 15 cf. Je 50:7 Gn 37:15, 17 (all J), 1 S 9:11; 30:11 Dt 22:23, 25, 27, 28 1 K 13:24; 20:36 2 K 4:29; 10:13, 15 Ct 3:3; 5:7, 8; 8:1; come upon=discover, Nu 15:22, 33; of י׳ meeting (finding) Isr. in desert Ho 9:10 cf. 12:5 Dt 32:10; angel finding Hagar Gn 16:7 (J); י׳ finding David ψ 89:21. e.g. Genesis 4:8
- b. hit, c. acc. pers. subj. bowmen 1 S 31:3=1 Ch 10:3; subj. axe Dt 19:5. e.g. 1 Samuel 31:3
- c. subj. hand Is 10:14 (fig., in metaph., of reaching nests), cf. v 10, 1 S 23:17 (of Saul’s taking David), ψ 21:9 (sq. לְ), v 9 (c. acc.); כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא יָֽדְךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת Ec 9:10; sin (i.e. its punishment) will light upon you Nu 32:23. e.g. Isaiah 10:14
- d. †subj. fire, כִּי תֵצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָצְאָה קֹצִים Ex 22:5 (E). e.g. Exodus 22:5
- e. befal, c. acc. pers. Jos 2:23 (JE); of evil Gn 44:34 (J), Dt 4:30; 31:17(×2), 21 Ju 6:13 2 K 7:9 Jb 31:29 ψ 116:3; 119:143 Est 8:6; subj. תְּלָאָה Ex 18:8 (E), Nu 20:14 (JE), Ne 9:32†. e.g. Joshua 2:23
- 4. noteworthy phrases are: כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּמ׳ יָדֶ֑ךָ Ju 9:33 according to what thy hand findeth, i.e. as the occasion may demand, so 1 S 10:7 (c. acc.; cf. Ec 9:10 3 c); but 25:8=what thou chancest to have, cf. אֲשֶׁר מ׳ כְלִי זָהָב Nu 31:50 (P); וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻהוּ Jb 20:8=and he shall not be, shall no longer exist, cf. Is 41:12; Ec 9:15 they found in it=there happened to be in it; מ׳ אֶת־לִבּוֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל 2 S 7:27 he found the heart (took courage) to pray=1 Ch 17:25 (om. לבו את־; cf. מָצָא לְ׳ + inf., Ecclus 12:11); לֹא מָֽצְאוּ יְדֵיהֶם ψ 76:6 they did not find their hands, were not able to use them, were paralyzed; חַיַּת יָרֵךְ מָצָאתְ Is 57:10=(perhaps) experience renewal of thy strength (cf. i. חַיָּה p. 312 supr. CheComm.; for other interpr. of ח׳, ידך, v. Ew Di Du CheHpt.); וּמָצָא כְּדֵי גְאֻלָּתוֹ Lv 25:26=and he find (that he has) enough for its redemption (cf. דַּי), so מָֽצְאָה יָדוֹ דֵּי הָשִׁיב v 28, תִּמ׳ יָדָהּ דֵּי שֶׂה 12:8 (cf. תַּגִּיעַ 5:7); without דַּי, וְלֹא מָֽצְאוּ לָהֶם כֵּן Ju 21:14=(prob.) and they (the Israelites) did not find enough for them, even so (cf. GFM); also וּמָצָא לָהֶם Nu 11:22(×2) (JE) and so one find (=there be found) enough for them (cf. Niph. Jos 17:16 Zc 10:10). e.g. Judges 9:33
Niphal
- Pf. נִמְצָא 1 S 13:22 +; 3 fs. נמצאה Je 48:27 Kt Gf; נִמְצָא Qr Gie; 2 fs. נִמְצֵאת Je 50:24; i s. נִמְצֵאתִי Is 65:1, וְנִמְצֵאתִי consec. Je 29:14; 3 pl. נִמְצְאוּ Dt 22:20 +, הַנִּמְצְאוּ 1 Ch 29:17 (הַ·=rel., cf DaSynt. § 22 R. 4 KöSynt. § 52); Impf. יִמָּצֵא Gn 44:9 +; 3 fs. תִּמָּצֵא Ex 22:3 +; 2 fs. תִּמָּֽצְאִי Ez 26:21; 3 mpl. יִמָּֽצְאוּן Gn 18:29, 30, 31, 32, וַיִּמָּֽצְאוּ 1 Ch 24:4 2 Ch 4:16; 3 fpl. תִּמָּצֶ֑אינָה Je 50:20; Inf. הִמָּצֵא Ex 22:3 (=Inf. abs. cf. BaNB 74), sf. הִמָּֽצְאוֹ Is 55:6; Pt. נִמְצָא Ju 20:48 +, fs. נִמְצָאָ֑ה 2 K 19:4=Is 37:4; pl. נִמְצְאִים 1 S 13:15 + 11 times; נִמְצָאִים only Ezr 8:25; sf. 2 fs. נִמְצָאַיִךְ Is 22:3; נִמְצָאוֹת Gn 19:15 Ju 20:48;—pass. of Qal, be found: e.g. 1 Samuel 13:22
- 1.
- a. of a thing lost (asses) 1 S 9:20; 10:2, 16; stolen Gn 44:9, 10, 12, 16, 17 (J), Ex 21:16 (all c. בְּיַד); sought, wisdom Jb 28:12, 13 Pr 10:13. e.g. 1 Samuel 9:20
- b. of thing found unexpectedly, book 2 K 22:13; 23:2=2 Ch 34:21, 30; of corpse Dt 21:1. e.g. 2 Kings 22:13
- c. =be lighted upon, encountered; of breaches in temple 2 K 12:6; of cities Ju 20:48 b; of persons in captured city 2 K 25:19(×2)=Je 52:25(×2), Dt 20:11, cf. Ex 9:19 (J), Ju 20:48a Is 13:15; 22:3 Je 41:8; be discovered, of a condition, situation Dt 22:20 (בתולים); נִמְצָא־בוֹ דָּבָר טוֹב 1 K 14:13, cf. 2 Ch 19:3. e.g. 2 Kings 12:6
- d. be found written (בתוב), Ne 13:1 Est 6:2; of persons Dn 12:1. e.g. Nehemiah 13:1
- e. =appeared, were recognised, of words of י׳ Je 15:16. e.g. Jeremiah 15:16
- f. of persons sought Gn 18:29, 30, 31, 32 (J), Jos 10:17 (JE), 1 S 10:21 2 S 7:12 1 Ch 26:31; in geneal. register Ezr 2:62=Ne 7:64; of י׳, specif., let himself be found of (by) any one: sq. לְ pers. Is 65:1 Je 29:14 1 Ch 28:9 2 Ch 15:2, 4, 15, abs. Is 55:6. e.g. Genesis 18:29
- g. =be discovered, detected: (1) of iniquity, crime: Ex 22:3(×2) (E), 1 S 25:28 1 K 1:52 Je 2:34 Ez 28:15 Jb 19:28 Mal 2:6, cf. Mi 1:13, 2 Ch 36:8 Est 2:23. (2) of wrong-doers Ex 22:1, 6, 7 (E), Dt 22:22, 28; 24:7 Je 2:26; 48:27; 50:24 (‖ נִלְכַּדְתְּ, נִתְפַּשְׂתְּ), Pr 6:31 Ezr 10:18. e.g. Exodus 22:3
- h. =be gained, secured, as a crop, of fruit, fig. מִמֶּנִּי פֶּרְיְךָ נִמְצָא Ho 14:9 (cf. Qal Gn 26:12 Ec 11:1). e.g. Hosea 14:9
- i. =be discoverable to be found Jb 42:15 Dn 1:19 (cf. Is 55:6 supr. 1 f). e.g. Job 42:15
- 2. be found=be:
- a. c. בְּיַד be found in one’s hand=one happens to have 1 S 9:8; 13:22a cf. (without ביד) 13:22b; 21:4. e.g. 1 Samuel 9:8
- b. c. לְ pers.,=be in the possession of: Dt 21:17, c. אֶת־ (prep.) pers. Ex 35:23, 24 1 Ch 29:8. e.g. Deuteronomy 21:17
- c. be found in (ב) a place, especially of wealth, treasure, Gn 47:14 (J), 2 K 12:11, 19; 14:14; 16:8; 18:15; 20:13=Is 39:2, 2 K 22:9 2 Ch 21:17; 25:24; 34:17; cf. Ex 12:19 Je 41:3 1 Ch 4:41;=happen to be, be, Dt 17:2; 18:10 Je 5:26 Is 35:9; 51:3; 65:8; c. neg.=be no more Zp 3:13 Ez 26:21 ψ 37:36 (‖ אֵינֶנּוּ), Dn 11:19. e.g. Genesis 47:14
- d. =be left after war, violence, etc., 1 S 13:19 2 S 17:13 Is 30:14 2 K 19:4=Is 37:4. e.g. 1 Samuel 13:19
- e. =be present Gn 19:15 (J), 1 S 13:15, 16; 21:4; especially late, 1 Ch 29:17 2 Ch 5:11; 29:29; 30:21; 31:1; 34:32, 33; 35:7, 17, 18 Ezr 8:25 Est 1:5; 4:16. e.g. Genesis 19:15
- f. =prove to be, after numbering, 1 Ch 24:4 2 Ch 2:16; of י׳, עֶזְרָה בְצָרוֹת נִמְצָא ψ 46:2. e.g. 1 Chronicles 24:4
- 3. be (found) sufficient: לֹא יִמָּצֵא לָנוּ הָהָר Jos 17:16 (JE), cf. Zc 10:10 (also Qal Nu 11:22 Ju 21:14). e.g. Joshua 17:16
Hiphil
- Pf. i s. sf. הִמְצִיתִךָ 2 S 3:8; 3 mpl. הִמְצִיאוּ Lv 9:13; Impf. 3 ms. sf. 3 ms. יַמְצִאֶנּוּ Jb 34:11, יַמְצִאֵהוּ Jb 37:13; 3 mpl. וַיַּמְצִאוּ Lv 9:12, 18; Pt. מַמְצִיא Zc 11:6;— e.g. 2 Samuel 3:8
- 1. cause to find, attain, c. acc. pers. Jb 34:11 (subj. God). e.g. Job 34:11
- 2. cause to light upon, come upon, come c. acc. of cloud Jb 37:13 (dub.) e.g. Job 37:13
- 3. cause to encounter, deliver up to, c. acc. pers., + בְּיַד 2 S 3:8 (subj. man), Zc 11:6 (subj. God). e.g. 2 Samuel 3:8
- 4. present unto (אֶל־), of Aaron’s sons ministering unto him, c. acc. of offering, and of blood, Lv 9:12, 13, 18. e.g. Leviticus 9:12
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. attain to, find (NH id.; Assyrian maṣû, DlHWB421, Ethiopic መጽአ come, arrive; Aramaic [ܡܨܳܐ find], Pt. pass. ܡܨܶܐ able, powerful, and deriv.; cf. NöZMG xl. 1886, 736 Dr 1 S 23:17);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מֹץ
- , v. מוֹץ, מוֹצָא.
מָצָא
- , v. מצי I
מצי
- to reach; to find. B. Mets. I, 1 אניּ מְצָאתִיהָ I found it. Ib. 2ᵃ הואי אמינא מאי מצאתיה ראיתיה וכ׳ I might have thought ‘I found it’ meant ‘I discovered it’, although he had not taken it up &c. Ib., a. e. וּמְצָאתָהּ דאתאי לידיה וכ׳ ‘and which thou hast found’ (Deut. XXII, 3) means that it came into his possession. Gitt. IX, 10 מ׳ בה דבר ערוה he discovered in her something disgraceful (infidelity); מ׳ אחרת וכ׳ he found another woman handsomer than she; a. fr.—מה מָצִינוּ ב־ … אף וכ׳ what do we find with regard to—? So also &c., i.e. as in the case of—, so &c. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 מה מצינו בהקטרה … אף מליקה וכ׳ as when burning (the sacrifice on the altar) the head is separated from the trunk, so when pinching the neck of the bird the head must be severed &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. מָצוּי, f. מְצוּיָה; pl. מְצוּיִין; מְצוּיוֹת accessible, frequent; likely. Arakh. 30ᵇ ומצא פרט למ׳ ‘and he find the means’ (Lev. XXV, 26), this excludes the case of the means being accessible, i.e. of one who had the means at the time being. B. Mets. 27ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XXII, 3, v. supra) מי שאבודה הימנו ומ׳ אצל וכ׳ that which is lost to him but accessible to any body else; אבודה הימנו ואינה מ׳ אצל וכ׳ lost to him and inaccessible to every one else (e. g. swept away by a flood). Sabb. 151ᵇ עשה עד שאתה מוֹצֵא ומ׳ לך וכ׳ do good while thou findest (an opportunity), and it is possible to thee (thou hast the means), and thou art yet in thy own power (possessest thy faculties). Snh. 86ᵃ כי ימצא פרט למ׳ ‘if one be found stealing &c.’ (Deut. XXIV, 7), this excludes the case when the abducted and sold person was in his power (his own child &c.). Ib. כמצויין בידו דמי the case is to be judged as if they (the children) had been in his possession. Gen. R. s. 85 השטר מ׳ להגבות the note can be produced for collection, i.e. evidence can be found against us. Gitt. 2ᵇ אין עדים מ׳ לקיימו no witnesses are to be had to identify it. B. Mets. 18ᵃ במקום שהשיירות מ׳ where caravans pass frequently. Esth. R. to I, 1, v. דִּידְכֵי. Ib. (ref. to Ps. XXI, 9) תהא ידך מ׳ ליפרע מאויביך thou shalt have the opportunity of punishing thy enemies. B. Kam. 4ᵃ הזיקה מ׳ the damage through it is frequent. Ib. 60ᵃ רוח מ׳ an ordinary wind, רוח שאינה מ׳ an extraordinary wind; a. v. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 22:3
- to be found. Gen. R. s. 85 שנִמְצְאוּ בגניבה who are caught at a theft; a. fr.—Esp. to turn out, to follow, to result. Ḥull. I, 4 נ׳ כשר וכ׳ the result is, what is legal in slaughtering is illegal in pinching. Pes. 25ᵇ ונ׳ למד, v. לָמֵד II. Sifré Deut. 210 נִמְצִּינוּ למדים from which we can consequently derive.—Y. Pes. V, beg. 31ᶜ, a. fr. נִמְצֵאתָ אומר thou turnest out saying, i.e. the result is, consequently.—אם תִּימָּצֵי (תִּמָּצֵא) לומר (abbr. את"ל) if you will say. Gitt. 82ᵇ אם תמצא לומר איתא וכ׳ if you will adopt the opinion of &c. Sabb. 136ᵃ את"ל פליגי וכ׳ if you assume that they differ &c.; a. fr.—Tosef. Ohol. IV, 12 כשתמצא לומר וכ׳ if you assume &c.
- to furnish, provide with. Gen. R. l. c. נאבדו וה׳ הקב"ה וכ׳ they (the tokens) had been lost, and the Lord provided others instead. Ḥag. 5ᵃ (ref. to תמצאן, Deut. XXXI, 21) עבד שרבו מַמְצִיא וכ׳ what remedy is there for a slave for whom his master invents evils and troubles? Ib. הממציא לו מעות לעני וכ׳ he who is ready to furnish the means (of his delivery) to the poor man in distress (by which the persecutor’s greed is increased); [Rashi: he who has money ready for the poor man in extreme distress, instead of helping him to a livelihood in due time]. Arakh. 30ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XIX, 5) ומצא פרט לממציא את עצמו ‘and it strikes’, this excludes the case of one who brings himself within the range of the missile (after it is started); Macc. 8ᵃ; a. e. e.g. Deuteronomy 31:21
מְצִי I
- , to reach, be able; to master. B. Mets. 114ᵇ בארבעה לא מָצִינָא וכ׳ I could not master four orders of the Talmud, how could I master six?—Ib. 14ᵃ, a. fr. מָצֵי אמר ליה he may say to him. B. Bath. 84ᵃ לא (הוה) מָצִית הדרת בך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) thou wouldst not have had the right to retract; השתא … מצית וכ׳ now that thou hast overreached me, canst thou retract?; a. fr.
- [to find one’s self,] to succeed. Keth. 62ᵃ לא אי׳ נכרי וכ׳ the gentile did not succeed in keeping pace with him. Ned. 89ᵇ רהיט … ולא אמ׳ למיתנא he tried his utmost (v. גַּפָּא I), but had no success in his studies; a. e.
- (with נפשיה, or without) to place one’s self within sight of an enemy so as to give him a chance for reconciliation, to be ready for reconciliation. Yoma 87ᵃ הוה מַמְצִיא נפשיה (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. וממציא ליה).—[Keth. 60ᵇ מְמַצְּיָא, v. מְצִי II.]
מצי ²
- (b. h.) to squeeze, wring, esp. to wring out the blood of the bird sacrifice. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 הוא מוֹצֶה he wrings it; a. fr.
- 1. same. Zeb. VI, 5, sq.; a. fr.—2) same.
- to pour out to the last drop, to drain. Ib. 64ᵇ מי כתיב יְמַצֶּה יִמָּצֵה וכ׳ (ed. punctuate יַמְצֶה, Hif.) it does not say (Lev. V, 9), ‘he shall pour out (the remainder) at the bottom &c.’, but ‘it shall be wrung out’, which means, that it will run out to the bottom of itself. Ter. XI, 8 הִרְכִּינָהּ ומִיצָּה (Y. ed. ומִיצֵּת; Ms. M. ומִצֵּת) if he bent the vessel and drained it; B. Bath. 87ᵇ (Ms. H. a. R. ומיצת); ib. V, 8 (87ᵃ) הרכינה ומיצה (Y. ed. ומצת; Bab. ed. ומִיצֵּית, Ms. M. ומִיצֵּת; Ms. R. ומִיצְּתָהּ). Gen. R. s. 85; s. 92 (play on מצא, Gen. XLIV, 16) כזה שהוא מְמַצֶּה וכ׳ as one drains a vessel and leaves nothing but the lees. Midr. Till. to Ps. LIX (play on מצא, Prov. XVIII, 22) כשהאשה רעה היא מְמַצָּה (כל) הטובות כולן מביתו וכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ממַצֶּאֶת, a. oth. variants) when the wife is bad, she drains all the good things out of his house and makes him poor; Yalk. Prov. 957 ממציא (read: מְמַצֵּית); a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 5:9
- 3. (cmp. מָצַע) מ׳ מידות to measure exactly. Erub. IV, 11 (52ᵇ) אין המשוחות מְמַצִּין וכ׳ the surveyors (in marking distances for Sabbath limits) do not measure exactly (but mark within the limits), in order to allow for mistakes.—Trnsf. to sound one’s learning. Men. 18ᵃ למַצֹּות מידותי to have my own learning examined; למ׳ מידותיו וכ׳ to sound the learning of &c.
- to be wrung out; to be emptied, drained Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., Par. 10, ch. XVIII; Zeb. 64ᵇ שהשירין מִתְמַצִּים ליסוד where the remainder is poured out towards the bottom of the altar; a. fr. [Ib. VI, 4 (64ᵇ) היה מתמצה, read מְמַצֶּה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50.]—Y. R. Hash. I, 56ᵈ top; Y. Shek. III, beg. 47ᵇ עד כאן הן מִתְמַצּוֹת לילד וכ׳ up to that time (the first of Elul) the latest births of the old year (of those conceived before the first of Nisan) take place &c.—Trnsf. (with חשבון) to be exactly counted, to be finally settled. Y. Sot. I, 17ᵃ (he suffers a loss by the death of his ox &c.) והחשבון מִתְמַצֶּה and the account (of his sins) is settled; ib.; Num. R. s. 9 אחת מתארעא וכ׳, v. אָרַע I; Koh. R. to VII, 27.
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The 297 distinct written forms H4672 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 400 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 425 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:20
- Exodus 5:11
- Leviticus 6:3
- Numbers 11:11
- Deuteronomy 4:29
- Joshua 2:22
- Judges 1:5
- Ruth 1:9
- 1 Samuel 1:18
- 2 Samuel 3:8
- 1 Kings 1:3
- 2 Kings 2:17
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