Hebrew · H4672 · unreviewed

מָצָא

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

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מָצָא H4672
Pronunciation māṣāʾ

What does מָצָא (māṣāʾ) mean in the Bible?

מָצָא (māṣāʾ) is a Hebrew word meaning "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". properly, to come forth to, i.

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Meaning

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
Extended definition

From existence or appearance to discovery: finding what comes forth or becomes present to the seeker.

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 BDB: attain to Usage: 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.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 175×
Perfect 1Kgs 21:20 · 1Sam 20:3 · 1Sam 20:29 · 1Sam 27:5 · 1Sam 29:3 · 1Sam 29:6 · 2Chr 34:15 · 2Kgs 22:8 · 2Sam 14:22 · Deut 22:14 · Deut 22:17 · Eccl 7:27 · Eccl 7:28 · Eccl 7:29 · Esth 5:8 · Esth 7:3 104×
Imperfect 1Sam 24:20 · Deut 22:25 · Deut 22:28 · Eccl 3:11 · Eccl 7:14 · Eccl 8:17 · Esth 8:6 · Gen 44:34 · Job 33:10 · Judg 17:8 · Prov 6:33 · Prov 16:20 · Prov 17:20 · Prov 20:6 · Prov 21:21 · Prov 28:23 64×
Sequential imperfect 1Sam 20:21 · 1Sam 20:36
Participle active 2Sam 18:22 · Prov 8:35
Jussive 1Sam 1:18
Cohortative Gen 33:15
Infinitive construct Ps 32:6
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 79×
Perfect 1Kgs 14:13 · 1Sam 9:8 · 1Sam 10:21 · 1Sam 13:22 · 2Chr 34:21 · 2Kgs 20:13 · 2Sam 17:12 · 2Sam 17:13 · Dan 1:19 · Exod 35:23 · Exod 35:24 · Ezek 28:15 · Gen 44:16 · Gen 44:17 · Hos 14:9 · Isa 39:2 42×
Imperfect 1Chr 28:9 · 1Sam 13:19 · 2Chr 15:2 · 2Kgs 12:6 · Dan 11:19 · Deut 17:2 · Deut 18:10 · Deut 21:1 · Deut 21:17 · Deut 22:22 · Deut 24:7 · Exod 9:19 · Exod 12:19 · Exod 22:1 · Exod 22:6 · Exod 22:7 35×
Infinitive absolute Exod 22:3
Participle active Ps 46:2
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action
Perfect Lev 9:13
Participle active Zech 11:6
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