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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

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455 occurrences in 425 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Deuteronomy 22:3

    Do the same with his ass or his robe or anything which has gone from your brother's keeping and which you have come across: do not keep it to yourself.

    וּמְצָאתָ֑הּ (מְצָאתָ֑) me.tza.Ta “you will find”

  2. Deuteronomy 22:14

    And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

    מָצָ֥אתִי ma.Tza.ti “I found”

  3. Deuteronomy 22:17

    And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.

    מָצָ֤אתִי ma.Tza.ti “I found”

  4. Deuteronomy 22:20

    But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

    נִמְצְא֥וּ nim.tze.'U “they were found”

  5. Deuteronomy 22:22

    If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

    יִמָּצֵ֨א yi.ma.Tze' “he will be found”

  6. Deuteronomy 22:23

    If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

    וּמְצָאָ֥הּ (מְצָאָ֥) me.tza.'A “he will find”

  7. Deuteronomy 22:25

    But if the man, meeting such a virgin in the open country, takes her by force, then only the man is to be put to death;

    יִמְצָ֣א yim.Tza' “he will find”

  8. Deuteronomy 22:27

    For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.

    מְצָאָ֑הּ (מְצָאָ֑) me.tza.'A “he found”

  9. Deuteronomy 22:28

    If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

    יִמְצָ֣א yim.Tza' “he will find”וְנִמְצָֽאוּ׃ (נִמְצָֽאוּ) nim.Tza.'u “they will be found”

  10. Deuteronomy 24:1

    If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

    תִמְצָא־ tim.tza'- “she will find”מָ֤צָא Ma.tza' “he has found”

  11. Deuteronomy 24:7

    If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

    יִמָּצֵ֣א yi.ma.Tze' “he will be found”

  12. Deuteronomy 31:17

    In that day my wrath will be moved against them, and I will be turned away from them, veiling my face from them, and destruction will overtake them, and unnumbered evils and troubles will come on them; so that in that day they will say, Have not these ev

    וּמְצָאֻ֛הוּ (מְצָאֻ֛) me.tza.'U. “they will come upon”מְצָא֖וּנִי (מְצָא֖וּ) me.tza.'U. “have they come upon”

  13. Deuteronomy 31:21

    Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have tak

    תִמְצֶ֨אןָ tim.Tze.na “they will come upon”

  14. Deuteronomy 32:10

    He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

    יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙ (יִמְצָאֵ֙) yim.tza.'E. “he found”

  15. Joshua 2:22

    And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.

    מָצָֽאוּ׃ ma.Tza.'u “they found [them]”

  16. Joshua 2:23

    Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.

    הַמֹּצְא֖וֹת (מֹּצְא֖וֹת) mo.tze.'ot “[things that] had found”

  17. Joshua 10:17

    And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

    נִמְצְאוּ֙ nim.tze.'U “they have been found”

  18. Joshua 17:16

    And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel.

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

  19. Judges 1:5

    And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

    וַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּ (יִּמְצְאוּ) i.yim.tze.'u “they found”

  20. Judges 5:30

    Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; and to Sisera robes of coloured needlework, worked in fair colours on this side and on that, for the neck of the queen?

    יִמְצְא֜וּ yim.tze.'U “are they finding”

  21. Judges 6:13

    Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us o

    מְצָאַ֖תְנוּ (מְצָאַ֖תְ) me.tza.'At. “has it found”

  22. Judges 6:17

    So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

    מָצָ֥אתִי ma.Tza.ti “I have found”

  23. Judges 9:33

    And in the morning, when the sun is up, get up early and make a rush on the town; and when he and his people come out against you, do to them whatever you have a chance to do.

    תִּמְצָ֥א tim.Tza' “it will find”

  24. Judges 14:12

    And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;

    וּמְצָאתֶ֔ם (מְצָאתֶ֔ם) me.tza.Tem “you will find [it] out”

  25. Judges 14:18

    Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer

    מְצָאתֶ֖ם me.tza.Tem “you found out”