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מָצָא

ma.tsato findHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb455 occurrences34 books425 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Traditional renderings: be able, befall, being, catch, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מָצָא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

455 total
  1. Deuteronomy 18:10יִמָּצֵ֣א · be found
    Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
  2. Deuteronomy 19:5וּמָצָ֥א · and strikes
    If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
  3. Deuteronomy 20:11הַנִּמְצָא־ · [there]
    If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
  4. Deuteronomy 21:1יִמָּצֵ֣א · [one] is found
    If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
  5. Deuteronomy 21:17יִמָּצֵ֖א · he has
    Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
  6. Deuteronomy 22:3וּמְצָאתָ֑הּ · and you have found
    And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
  7. Deuteronomy 22:14מָצָ֥אתִי · but I discovered
    …and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
  8. Deuteronomy 22:17מָצָ֤אתִי · I discovered that
    And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
  9. Deuteronomy 22:20נִמְצְא֥וּ · can be found
    If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
  10. Deuteronomy 22:22יִמָּצֵ֨א · is found
    If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
  11. Deuteronomy 22:23וּמְצָאָ֥הּ · encounters her
    If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
  12. Deuteronomy 22:25יִמְצָ֣א · encounters
    But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
  13. Deuteronomy 22:27מְצָאָ֑הּ · he found her
    When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
  14. Deuteronomy 22:28יִמְצָ֣א · encounters; וְנִמְצָֽאוּ׃ · and they are discovered
    If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
  15. Deuteronomy 24:1תִמְצָא־; מָ֤צָא · he finds
    If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
  16. Deuteronomy 24:7יִמָּצֵ֣א · is caught
    If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  17. Deuteronomy 31:17וּמְצָאֻ֛הוּ · will befall them; מְצָא֖וּנִי · come upon us
    On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
  18. Deuteronomy 31:21תִמְצֶ֨אןָ · have come upon them
    And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
  19. Deuteronomy 32:10יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙ · He found him
    He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
  20. Joshua 2:22מָצָֽאוּ׃ · finding them
    So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
  21. Joshua 2:23הַמֹּצְא֖וֹת · that had happened
    Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.
  22. Joshua 10:17נִמְצְאוּ֙ · have been found
    And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”
  23. Joshua 17:16יִמָּ֥צֵא · enough
    “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
  24. Judges 1:5וַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּ · they found
    And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
  25. Judges 5:30יִמְצְא֜וּ · finding
    ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
  26. Judges 6:13מְצָאַ֖תְנוּ · happened to us
    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
  27. Judges 6:17מָצָ֥אתִי · I have found
    Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
  28. Judges 9:33תִּמְצָ֥א · you are able
    And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
  29. Judges 14:12וּמְצָאתֶ֔ם
    “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
  30. Judges 14:18מְצָאתֶ֖ם · have solved
    Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
  31. Judges 15:15וַיִּמְצָ֥א · He found
    He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
  32. Judges 17:8יִמְצָ֑א · he could find [a place]
    This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
  33. Judges 17:9אֶמְצָֽא׃ · I can find a place
    “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
  34. Judges 20:48הַנִּמְצָ֑א · they found; הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת · in their path
    And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
  35. Judges 21:12וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ · So they found
    So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
  36. Judges 21:14מָצְא֥וּ
    And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
  37. Ruth 1:9וּמְצֶ֣אןָ · to find
    May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
  38. Ruth 2:2אֶמְצָא־ · I may find
    And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
  39. Ruth 2:10מָצָ֨אתִי · have I found
    At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
  40. Ruth 2:13אֶמְצָא־ · may I continue to find
    “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
  41. 1 Samuel 1:18תִּמְצָ֧א · find
    “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
  42. 1 Samuel 9:4מָצָ֑אוּ · find [the donkeys]; מָצָֽאוּ׃ · find them
    So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
  43. 1 Samuel 9:8נִמְצָ֣א · I have here
    The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
  44. 1 Samuel 9:11מָצְא֣וּ · met
    And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
  45. 1 Samuel 9:13תִּמְצְא֣וּן · you will find
    As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”