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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. Judges 15:15

    And taking up the mouth-bone of an ass newly dead, which he saw by chance on the earth, he put to death a thousand men with it.

    וַיִּמְצָ֥א (יִּמְצָ֥א) i.yim.Tza' “he found”

  2. Judges 17:8

    And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

    יִמְצָ֑א yim.Tza' “he will find”

  3. Judges 17:9

    And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.

    אֶמְצָֽא׃ 'em.Tza' “I will find”

  4. Judges 20:48

    And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

    הַנִּמְצָ֑א (נִּמְצָ֑א) nim.Tza' “was found”הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת (נִּמְצָא֖וֹת) nim.tza.'ot “were found”

  5. Judges 21:12

    Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

    וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ (יִּמְצְא֞וּ) i.yim.tze.'U “they found”

  6. Judges 21:14

    Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.

    מָצְא֥וּ ma.tze.'U “they found”

  7. Ruth 1:9

    May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.

    וּמְצֶ֣אןָ (מְצֶ֣אןָ) me.Tze.na “find”

  8. Ruth 2:2

    And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Now let me go into the field and take up the heads of grain after him in whose eyes I may have grace. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

    אֶמְצָא־ 'em.tza'- “I will find”

  9. Ruth 2:10

    Then she went down on her face to the earth, and said to him, Why have I grace in your eyes, that you give attention to me, seeing I am from a strange people?

    מָצָ֨אתִי ma.Tza.ti “have I found”

  10. Ruth 2:13

    Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.

    אֶמְצָא־ 'em.tza'- “I am finding”

  11. 1 Samuel 1:18

    And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

    תִּמְצָ֧א tim.Tza' “may she find”

  12. 1 Samuel 9:4

    So they went through the hill-country of Ephraim and through the land of Shalishah, but they saw no sign of them: then they went through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there: and they went through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not come

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

  13. 1 Samuel 9:8

    But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.

    נִמְצָ֣א nim.Tza' “[is] found”

  14. 1 Samuel 9:11

    And when they were on the way up to the town, they saw some young girls going out to get water and said to them, Is the seer here?

    מָצְא֣וּ ma.tze.'U “they found”

  15. 1 Samuel 9:13

    When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will se

    תִּמְצְא֣וּן (תִּמְצְא֣וּ) tim.tze.'U “you will find”תִּמְצְא֥וּן (תִּמְצְא֥וּ) tim.tze.'U “you will find”

  16. 1 Samuel 9:20

    As for your asses which have been wandering for three days, give no thought to them, for they have come back. And for whom are all the desired things in Israel? are they not for you and your father's family?

    נִמְצָ֑אוּ nim.Tza.'u “they have been found”

  17. 1 Samuel 10:2

    When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer fo

    וּמָצָאתָ֩ (מָצָאתָ֩) ma.tza.Ta “you will find”נִמְצְא֤וּ nim.tze.'U “they have been found”

  18. 1 Samuel 10:3

    Then you are to go on from there, and when you come to the oak-tree of Tabor, you will see three men going up to God to Beth-el, one having with him three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine:

    וּמְצָא֤וּךָ (מְצָא֤וּ) me.tza.'U. “they will find”

  19. 1 Samuel 10:7

    And when these signs come to you, see that you take the chance which is offered you; for God is with you.

    תִּמְצָ֣א tim.Tza' “it will find”

  20. 1 Samuel 10:16

    And Saul, answering him, said, He gave us word that the asses had come back. But he said nothing to him of Samuel's words about the kingdom.

    נִמְצְא֖וּ nim.tze.'U “they had been found”

  21. 1 Samuel 10:21

    Then he made the tribe of Benjamin come near by families, and the family of the Matrites was taken: and from them, Saul, the son of Kish, was taken: but when they went in search of him he was nowhere to be seen.

    נִמְצָֽא׃ nim.Tza' “he was found”

  22. 1 Samuel 12:5

    Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.

    מְצָאתֶ֛ם me.tza.Tem “you have found”

  23. 1 Samuel 13:15

    Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.

    הַנִּמְצְאִ֣ים (נִּמְצְאִ֣ים) nim.tze.'Im “were found”

  24. 1 Samuel 13:16

    And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land of Benjamin: but the tents of the Philistines were in Michmash.

    הַנִּמְצָ֣א (נִּמְצָ֣א) nim.Tza' “was found”

  25. 1 Samuel 13:19

    Now there was no iron-worker in all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, For fear the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears:

    יִמָּצֵ֔א yi.ma.Tze' “he was found”