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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. Isaiah 65:1נִמְצֵ֖אתִי · I was found
    “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
  2. Isaiah 65:8יִמָּצֵ֤א · is found
    This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
  3. Jeremiah 2:5מָּצְא֨וּ · find
    This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
  4. Jeremiah 2:24יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃ · they will find her
    …a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
  5. Jeremiah 2:26יִמָּצֵ֔א · he is caught
    As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
  6. Jeremiah 2:34נִמְצְא֔וּ · are stained; מְצָאתִ֖ים · find them
    Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
  7. Jeremiah 5:1תִּמְצְא֣וּ · you can find
    “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
  8. Jeremiah 5:26נִמְצְא֥וּ · among
    For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
  9. Jeremiah 6:16וּמִצְא֥וּ · and you will find
    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
  10. Jeremiah 10:18יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ס · may be captured
    For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
  11. Jeremiah 11:9נִֽמְצָא־ · There is
    And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
  12. Jeremiah 14:3מָ֣צְאוּ · but find
    The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
  13. Jeremiah 15:16נִמְצְא֤וּ · were found
    Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
  14. Jeremiah 23:11מָצָ֥אתִי · I have found
    “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
  15. Jeremiah 29:13וּמְצָאתֶ֑ם · and find Me
    You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
  16. Jeremiah 29:14וְנִמְצֵ֣אתִי · I will be found
    I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
  17. Jeremiah 31:2מָצָ֥א · found
    This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
  18. Jeremiah 41:3נִמְצְאוּ־
    Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
  19. Jeremiah 41:8נִמְצְאוּ־
    But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
  20. Jeremiah 41:12וַיִּמְצְא֣וּ · And they found
    …they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.
  21. Jeremiah 45:3מָצָֽאתִי׃ס · and have found
    You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
  22. Jeremiah 48:27נִמְצָאָה · Was he ever found [among thieves]
    Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
  23. Jeremiah 50:7מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם · who found them
    All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
  24. Jeremiah 50:20תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה · be found
    In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
  25. Jeremiah 50:24נִמְצֵאת֙ · You were found
    I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
  26. Jeremiah 52:25נִמְצְא֣וּ; הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖ים · who were found
    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
  27. Lamentations 1:3מָצְאָ֖ה · but finds
    Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
  28. Lamentations 1:6מָצְא֣וּ · that find
    All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.
  29. Lamentations 2:9מָצְא֥וּ · find
    Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
  30. Lamentations 2:16מָצָ֥אנוּ · We have lived
    All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  31. Ezekiel 3:1תִּמְצָ֖א · you find here
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
  32. Ezekiel 22:30מָצָֽאתִי׃ · But I found
    I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
  33. Ezekiel 26:21תִמָּצְאִ֥י · be found
    I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
  34. Ezekiel 28:15נִמְצָ֥א · was found
    From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.
  35. Daniel 1:19נִמְצָא֙ · he found
    And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.
  36. Daniel 1:20וַֽיִּמְצָאֵ֞ם · he found them
    In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
  37. Daniel 11:19יִמָּצֵֽא׃
    After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
  38. Daniel 12:1הַנִּמְצָ֖א · is found
    “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
  39. Hosea 2:6תִמְצָֽא׃ · find
    Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
  40. Hosea 2:7תִמְצָ֑א · find them
    She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
  41. Hosea 5:6יִמְצָ֑אוּ · find Him
    They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
  42. Hosea 9:10מָצָ֙אתִי֙ · I found
    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
  43. Hosea 12:4יִמְצָאֶ֔נּוּ · he found Him
    Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
  44. Hosea 12:8מָצָ֥אתִי · I have found; יִמְצְאוּ־ · they can find
    And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
  45. Hosea 14:8נִמְצָֽא׃ · comes
    O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
  46. Amos 8:12יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ · find it
    People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
  47. Jonah 1:3וַיִּמְצָ֥א · and found
    Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.