H4672–מָצָא–ma.tsa

The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?

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

I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

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

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

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

The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

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

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

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

Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.

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

I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then was I in his eyes as one to whom good chance had come.

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

As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;

מָצְאָ֣ה ma.tze.'Ah “it has found”

And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a

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

Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.

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

All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.

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

And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.

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

And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.

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

No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price,

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

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the peop

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

So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish.

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

And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom

נִמְצָ֖א nim.Tza' “it was found”

You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

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

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

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

Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

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

You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.

מָצָ֔את ma.Tzat “you found”

They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

תִּמְצְאוּ־ tim.tze.'u- “you find”

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your plea

מִמְּצ֥וֹא (מְּצ֥וֹא) me.Tzo' “finding”

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

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

This is the word of the Lord: As the new wine is seen in the grapes, and they say, Do not send destruction on it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants, in order that I may not put an end to them all.

יִמָּצֵ֤א yi.ma.Tze' “it is found”