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H4672מָצָאma.tsa

to findPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 56
  2. 22
  3. 8
  4. 11
  5. 25
  6. 4
  7. 14
  8. 4
  9. 39
  10. 10
  11. 16
  12. 25
  13. 11
  14. 28
  15. 4
  16. 8
  17. 8
  18. 19
  19. 19
  20. 27
  21. 17
  22. 9
  23. 18
  24. 26
  25. 4
  26. 4
  27. 4
  28. 8
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. 1

Renderings

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455 occurrences in 425 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Song of Songs 3:3

    The watchmen that go about the city found me: 'Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?'

    מְצָא֙וּנִי֙ (מְצָא֙וּ) me.tza.'U. “they found”

  2. Song of Songs 3:4

    Scarce had I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

    שֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִי (מָּצָ֔אתִי) ma.Tza.ti “I found”

  3. Song of Songs 5:6

    I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had turned away, and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

    מְצָאתִ֔יהוּ (מְצָאתִ֔י) me.tza.Ti. “I found”

  4. Song of Songs 5:7

    The watchmen that go about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

    מְצָאֻ֧נִי (מְצָאֻ֧) me.tza.'U. “they found”

  5. Song of Songs 5:8

    'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? that I am love-sick.'

    תִּמְצְאוּ֙ tim.tze.'U “you will find”

  6. Song of Songs 8:1

    Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, and none would despise me.

    אֶֽמְצָאֲךָ֤ (אֶֽמְצָאֲ) 'em.tza.'a. “I will find”

  7. Song of Songs 8:10

    I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof; then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

    כְּמוֹצְאֵ֥ת (מוֹצְאֵ֥ת) motz.'Et “[one who] finds”

  8. Isaiah 10:10

    As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did exceed them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

    מָצְאָ֣ה ma.tze.'Ah “it has found”

  9. Isaiah 10:14

    And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened mouth, or chirped.

    וַתִּמְצָ֨א (תִּמְצָ֨א) tim.Tza' “it has found”

  10. Isaiah 13:15

    Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is caught shall fall by the sword.

    הַנִּמְצָ֖א (נִּמְצָ֖א) nim.Tza' “[one who] is found”

  11. Isaiah 22:3

    All thy rulers are fled together, without the bow they are bound; all that are found of thee are bound together, they are fled afar off.

    נִמְצָאַ֙יִךְ֙ (נִמְצָאַ֙יִ) nim.tza.'A.yi “found [ones]”

  12. Isaiah 30:14

    And He shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the cistern.

    יִמָּצֵ֤א yi.ma.Tze' “it will be found”

  13. Isaiah 34:14

    And the wild-cats shall meet with the jackals, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall repose there, and shall find her a place of rest.

    וּמָצְאָ֥ה (מָצְאָ֥ה) ma.tze.'Ah “it will find”

  14. Isaiah 35:9

    No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon, they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there;

    תִמָּצֵ֖א ti.ma.Tze' “it will be found”

  15. Isaiah 37:4

    It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.'

    הַנִּמְצָאָֽה׃ (נִּמְצָאָֽה) nim.tza.'Ah “is found”

  16. Isaiah 37:8

    So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

    וַיִּמְצָא֙ (יִּמְצָא֙) i.yim.Tza' “he found”

  17. Isaiah 39:2

    And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his do

    נִמְצָ֖א nim.Tza' “it was found”

  18. Isaiah 41:12

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee; they that warred against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

    תִמְצָאֵ֔ם (תִמְצָאֵ֔) tim.tza.'E “you will find”

  19. Isaiah 51:3

    For the LORD hath comforted Zion; He hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

    יִמָּ֣צֵא yi.Ma.tze' “it will be found”

  20. Isaiah 55:6

    Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near;

    בְּהִמָּצְא֑וֹ (הִמָּצְא֑) hi.ma.tze.' “he lets be found”

  21. Isaiah 57:10

    Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not: 'There is no hope'; thou didst find a renewal of thy strength, therefore thou wast not affected.

    מָצָ֔את ma.Tzat “you found”

  22. Isaiah 58:3

    'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and Thou takest no knowledge?'-- Behold, in the day of your fast ye pursue your business, and exact all your labours.

    תִּמְצְאוּ־ tim.tze.'u- “you find”

  23. Isaiah 58:13

    If thou turn away thy foot because of the sabbath, from pursuing thy business on My holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honourable; and shalt honour it, not doing thy wonted ways, nor pursuing thy business, nor speaking the

    מִמְּצ֥וֹא (מְּצ֥וֹא) me.Tzo' “finding”

  24. Isaiah 65:1

    I gave access to them that asked not for Me, I was at hand to them that sought Me not; I said: 'Behold Me, behold Me', unto a nation that was not called by My name.

    נִמְצֵ֖אתִי nim.Tze.ti “I let myself be found”

  25. Isaiah 65:8

    Thus saith the LORD: as, when wine is found in the cluster, one saith: 'Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it'; so will I do for My servants' sakes, that I may not destroy all.

    יִמָּצֵ֤א yi.ma.Tze' “it is found”