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H4672מָצָאma.tsa
to findPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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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.
נִמְצָ֥א nim.Tza' “it has been found”
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.
מָצָ֔אוּ ma.Tza.'u “they found [them]”
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?
מֹצֵֽאת׃ mo.Tzet “finding”
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.
מָ֥צָא Ma.tza' “he has found”
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.
וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ (יִּמְצְא֗וּ) i.yim.tze.'U “they found”
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.
תִמָּצֵא־ ti.ma.tze'- “it will be found”
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.
וַיִּמְצָא֙ (יִּמְצָא֙) i.yim.Tza' “he found”
It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now [supplied: Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
וַיִּמְצָ֣א (יִּמְצָ֣א) i.yim.Tza' “he found”
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.
וַיִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔הוּ (יִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔) i.Yim.tza.'E. “he found”
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.
וַיִּמְצָאֵ֧הוּ (יִּמְצָאֵ֧) i.yim.tza.'E. “it met”
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.
וַיִּמְצָ֤א (יִּמְצָ֤א) i.yim.Tza' “he found”
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.
נִמְצָא־ nim.tza'- “it was found”
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.
נִמְצָ֣א nim.Tza' “we will find”
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.
יִמְצָאֶֽכָּה׃ (יִמְצָאֶֽ) yim.tza.'E. “it has found”
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.
יִֽמְצָאֲךָ֖ (יִֽמְצָאֲ) yim.tza.'a. “he will find”
So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke [supplied: of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
וַיִּמְצָ֞א (יִּמְצָ֞א) i.yim.Tza' “he found”
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.
וַיִּמְצָאֵ֥הוּ (יִּמְצָאֵ֥) i.yim.tza.'E. “it met”
Then he found another man, and said, Please strike me. The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
וַיִּמְצָא֙ (יִּמְצָא֙) i.yim.Tza' “he found”
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.
הַֽמְצָאתַ֖נִי (מְצָאתַ֖) m.tza.Ta. “have you found”מָצָ֔אתִי ma.Tza.ti “I have found [you]”
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.
מְצָאֻֽהוּ׃ (מְצָאֻֽ) me.tza.'U. “they found”
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.
תִמְצָ֥א tim.Tza' “you will meet”
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.
וַיִּמְצָא֙ (יִּמְצָא֙) i.yim.Tza' “he found”
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.
וּמְצָאָ֣נוּ (מְצָאָ֣) me.tza.'A. “it will find”
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.
וַיִּמְצָאֻ֔הוּ (יִּמְצָאֻ֔) i.yim.tza.'U. “they found”
They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
מָ֣צְאוּ Ma.tze.'u “they found”