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Lexicon :: Strong's H4672 - māṣā'

Aa
מָצָא
Transliteration
māṣā'
Pronunciation
maw-tsaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1231

Strong’s Definitions

מָצָא mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'; 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:— 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 456x

The KJV translates Strong's H4672 in the following manner: find (359x), present (20x), find out (20x), come (8x), meet (5x), befall (5x), get (4x), suffice (3x), deliver (2x), hit (2x), left (2x), hold (2x), miscellaneous (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 456x
The KJV translates Strong's H4672 in the following manner: find (359x), present (20x), find out (20x), come (8x), meet (5x), befall (5x), get (4x), suffice (3x), deliver (2x), hit (2x), left (2x), hold (2x), miscellaneous (24x).

  1. to find, attain to

    1. (Qal)

      1. to find

        1. to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)

        2. to find (what is lost)

        3. to meet, encounter

        4. to find (a condition)

        5. to learn, devise

      2. to find out

        1. to find out

        2. to detect

        3. to guess

      3. to come upon, light upon

        1. to happen upon, meet, fall in with

        2. to hit

        3. to befall

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be found

        1. to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered

        2. to appear, be recognised

        3. to be discovered, be detected

        4. to be gained, be secured

      2. to be, be found

        1. to be found in

        2. to be in the possession of

        3. to be found in (a place), happen to be

        4. to be left (after war)

        5. to be present

        6. to prove to be

        7. to be found sufficient, be enough

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to find, attain

      2. to cause to light upon, come upon, come

      3. to cause to encounter

      4. to present (offering)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָצָא mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'; 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:— 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.
STRONGS H4672: Abbreviations
מָצָא 452 verb attain to, find (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian maṣû, DlHWB 421, Ethiopic bdb059201 come, arrive; Aramaic [bdb059202 find], Passive participle bdb059203 able, powerful, and derivatives; compare NöZMG xl 1886, 736 Dr1 Samuel 23:17); —
Qal Perfect מ׳ Genesis 2:20 +, suffix מְצָאוֺ Job 31:29, 3rd person feminine singular מָֽצְאָה Genesis 8:9 +, suffix מְצָאַתְנוּ Judges 6:13; Nehemiah 9:32, מְצָאָ֫תַם Exodus 18:18; 2nd person masculine singular מָצָאתָ Genesis 31:37 +; 1st person singular מָצָאתִי Genesis 18:3 +, מָצָתִי Numbers 11:11, suffix מְצָאתִיו Songs 3:1, 2, מְצָאתִיהוּ Songs 5:6; 3rd person plural מָֽצְאוּ Judges 21:14 +; suffix מְצָאנֻהוּ Job 37:23, etc.; Imperfect יִמְצָא 1 Samuel 24:20 +, 3rd person feminine singular תִּמְצָא 1 Samuel 1:18 +; 3rd person masculine plural יִמְצְאוּ Judges 5:30 +, suffix יִמְצָאֻהוּ Job 20:8 יִמְצָאֻנְנִי Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 8:17, יִמְצָאוּנְהָ Jeremiah 2:24; 3rd person feminine plural תִּמְצֶאןָ Deuteronomy 31:21 etc.; Imperative מְצָא 1 Samuel 20:21, 36, וּמְצָאֿ Proverbs 3:4; masculine plural מִצְאוּ Jeremiah 6:16; feminine plural וּמְצֶאןָ Ruth 1:9; Infinitive מְצאֹ, מְצוֺא Psalm 32:6; Genesis 19:11 +, suffix בְּמֹצַאֲכֶם Genesis 32:20 [= מָצְאֲכֶם Ges§ 74, 3, R. 2]; Participle מוֺצֵא Psalm 119:162, מוֺצֶה Ecclesiastes 7:26, suffix מֹצְאִי Genesis 4:14; Proverbs 8:35; feminine singular absolute מֹצֵאת 2 Samuel 18:22, מוֺצֵאת Songs 8:10; masculine plural מֹצְאִים Numbers 15:33, construct מֹצְאֵי Proverbs 8:9; feminine plural absolute מֹצְאוֺת Joshua 2:23, etc.; —
1. find:
a. thing sought, with accusative of thing, straw Exodus 5:11 (J), water Genesis 26:32 (J), compare Genesis 26:19, Exodus 15:22 (J), grass 1 Kings 18:5, help, consort, Genesis 2:20 (J), compare Proverbs 18:22 +; with idea of attaining to, arriving at, a resting-place Genesis 8:9 (J) Isaiah 34:14 compare בַּיִת מָֽצְאָה צִפּוֹר Psalm 84:4; Jeremiah 45:3; Lamentations 1:3; of marriage Ruth 1:9; of finding place for temple Psalm 132:5; figurative וּמִצְאוּ מַרְגּוֺעַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶם Jeremiah 6:16 and find quiet for yourselves; find grave Job 3:22; reach cities 2 Samuel 20:6 (where read יִמְצָא Vrss Th Dr Kit Bu), compare Psalm 107:4; find = secure prey, booty, plunder Genesis 27:20 (J), Judges 5:30; Judges 21:12; 1 Samuel 14:30 compare 2 Chronicles 20:25; Proverbs 1:13; Psalm 119:162; of securing gain Hosea 12:9 (+ לִי; || עשׁר), Job 31:25; so perhaps also absolute בְּשׂוֺרָה מֹצֵאת אֵין 2 Samuel 18:22 there is no news securing i.e. such as to bring you a reward (compare Th Dr; but text dubious); secure as crop Genesis 26:12 (J), compare Ecclesiastes 11:1; = acquire, get wounds and dishonour Proverbs 6:33; חֵן בְּעֵינֵי פ׳ מ׳ find (= gain, secure) favour in the eyes of any one: of י׳, † Genesis 6:8; Exodus 33:12, 13 (twice in verse); Exodus 33:16, 17; Exodus 34:9 (all J), Numbers 11:11, 15 (JE), Judges 6:17; 2 Samuel 15:25; oftener of men Genesis 18:3; Genesis 19:19; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 32:6 [Genesis 32:5 + 8 times Genesis (all J), Numbers 32:5 (JE), Deuteronomy 24:1; 1 Samuel 1:18 + 7 times Samuel; 1 Kings 11:19; Ruth 2:2, 10, 13; Esther 5:8; Esther 7:3; חֵן לִפְנֵי פ׳ מ׳ † Esther 8:5; אָז הָיִתִי בְעֵינָיו כְּמוֺצֵאת שָׁלָוֺם † Songs 8:10; absolute מָצָא חֵן † Jeremiah 31:2; Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 28:23†: = seek and find 1 Samuel 20:21 (arrows), so 1 Samuel 20:36; figurative of grounds of accusation Job 33:10 he succeeds in finding; so also Isaiah 58:3, 13; find knowledge of God Proverbs 2:5; compare Proverbs 8:9, word of י׳ Amos 8:12, words of wisdom Proverbs 4:22, wisdom Job 32:13; Proverbs 24:14 (see also below); ransom Job 33:24; life Proverbs 8:35 (Qr מָצָא; > Kt מצאי, i.e. מֹצְאֵי De Str Wild), Proverbs 21:21; with accusative of person Genesis 18:26, 28, 30 (J), Genesis 41:38 (E), 1 Samuel 9:13 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 13:14 compare 1 Kings 13:28, +; of pursuit Joshua 2:22 (J); find י׳ † Hosea 5:6; Deuteronomy 4:29; Jeremiah 29:13; Job 23:3; Psalm 32:6 + Hosea 6:3 (read כֵן נִמְצָאֵהוּ כְּשַׁחֲרֵנוּ, for MT כְּשַׁחַר נָכוָֺן מֹצָאוֺ GieBeitr. z. Jes. Krit. 208 We Now); so possibly also (object omitted) Jeremiah 10:18 (so Gf.; Vulgate Or read Niph.; Gie יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ), (Job 37:23; 11:7 (twice in verse) see below); find wisdom (personified) Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 8:17, 35; compare Proverbs 3:13.
b. what is lost, missed, with accusative of thing, Genesis 31:32, 33, 34, 35, 37 (E), 1 Samuel 9:4 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:3; Leviticus 5:22; Leviticus 5:23 (P), Genesis 36:24 (P) +; הַפָּ֑תַח לִמְצֹא וַיִּלְאוּ Genesis 19:11 and they grew weary in finding the door; find a word (to say) Nehemiah 5:8; Ecclesiastes 12:10, answer Job 32:3, vision from י׳ Lamentations 2:9; with accusative of person Genesis 38:20, 22, 23 (J), 2 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 18:10, 12; 1 Kings 21:20 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 2:17; Ezekiel 22:30; Proverbs 7:15; Songs 3:1, 2, 4; Songs 5:6 +.
c. meet, encounter, with accusative of person (one expected), Genesis 32:20 (E), 2 Kings 9:21; Jeremiah 41:12; 2 Chronicles 20:16 compare also Numbers 35:27 (P).
d. find a condition, find one in a situation; לָהּ בְּתוּלִים וְלֹא מ׳ Deuteronomy 22:14 compare Deuteronomy 22:17; Deuteronomy 24:1; אֶתמֶֿלָךְ ֗֗֗ נִלְחָם וַיִּמ׳ 2 Kings 19:8 and he found the king of Assyria warring against Lachish = Isaiah 37:8; אֶתלְֿבָבוֺ נֶאֱמָן וּמ׳ Nehemiah 9:8; כָּתוּב בספר מ׳ Nehemiah 7:5; Nehemiah 8:14; especially late, 1 Chronicles 20:2; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Daniel 1:20; Daniel 7:26.
e. = learn, devise Ecclesiastes 7:27 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 7:29.
f. = experience sorrow Psalm 116:3, compare Ecclesiastes 7:14.
2. find out:
a. find out thoroughly, explore: object God Job 11:7 (twice in verse); Job 37:23; God's works Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ecclesiastes 8:17 (3 times in verse), compare Ecclesiastes 7:24.
†b. = detect sin, crime, usually in (ב) one, 2 Kings 17:4; 1 Samuel 29:3, 6, 8; Hosea 12:9; כְּיָדִי מְאוּמָה לֹא מ׳ 1 Samuel 12:5; detect evil in God Jeremiah 2:5; subject God Jeremiah 2:34; Jeremiah 23:11; עֲוֺן עֲבָדֶיךָ מ׳ Genesis 44:16 (J), compare Psalm 36:3; absolute Psalm 10:15; Psalm 17:3†.
c. = guess, solve riddle Judges 14:12, 18 compare Proverbs 8:12.
3. = come upon, light upon:
a. often unexpectedly = happen upon, with accusative of thing, money Genesis 44:8 (J), book 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 23:24 2 Chronicles 34:14, 15, compare Nehemiah 7:5; honey Proverbs 25:16, ship Jonah 1:3; a plain Genesis 11:2 (J), jawbone Judges 15:15; ark of י׳ Psalm 132:6 (according to some, but dubious; Bae proposes הוֺצֵאנוּהָ); indefinite Ezekiel 3:1 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co); with accusative of person = meet, fall in with Genesis 4:14, 15 compare Jeremiah 50:7; Genesis 37:15, 17 (all J), 1 Samuel 9:11; 1 Samuel 30:11; Deuteronomy 22:23, 25, 27, 28; 1 Kings 13:24; 1 Kings 20:36; 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 10:13, 15; Songs 3:3; Songs 5:7, 8; Songs 8:1; come upon = discover, Numbers 15:22, 33; of י׳ meeting (finding) Israel in desert Hosea 9:10; compare Hosea 12:5; Deuteronomy 32:10; angel finding Hagar Genesis 16:7 (J); י׳ finding David Psalm 89:21.
b. hit, with accusative of person, subject bowmen 1 Samuel 31:3 = 1 Chronicles 10:3; subject axe Deuteronomy 19:5.
c. subject hand Isaiah 10:14 (figurative, in metaphor, of reaching nests), compare Isaiah 10:10, 1 Samuel 23:17 (of Saul's taking David), Psalm 21:9 (followed by לְ), Psalm 21:9 (with accusative); לַעֲשׂוֺת יָֽדְךָ תִּמְצָא אֲשֶׁר כֹּל Ecclesiastes 9:10; sin (i.e. its punishment) will light upon you Numbers 32:23.
† d. † subject fire, קֹצִים כִּי תֵצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָֽצְאָה Exodus 22:5 (E).
† e. befal, with accusative of person Joshua 2:23 (JE); of evil Genesis 44:34 (J), Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 31:17 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 31:21; Judges 6:13; 2 Kings 7:9; Job 31:29; Psalm 116:3; Psalm 119:143; Esther 8:6; subject תְּלָאָה Exodus 18:8 (E), Numbers 20:14 (JE), Nehemiah 9:32†.
4. noteworthy phrases are: יָדֶ֑ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּמ׳ Judges 9:33 according to what thy hand findeth, i.e. as the occasion may demand, so 1 Samuel 10:7 (with accusative; compare Ecclesiastes 9:10 3c); but Eccl 25:8 = what thou chancest to have, compare כְלִי זָהָב אֲשֶׁר מ׳ Numbers 31:50 (P); וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻהוּ Job 20:8 = and he shall not be, shall no longer exist, compare Isaiah 41:12; Ecclesiastes 9:15 they found in it = there happened to be in it; לְהִתְפַּלֵּל אֶתלִֿבּוֺ מ׳ 2 Samuel 7:27 he found the heart (took courage) to pray = 1 Chronicles 17:25 (omit אתלֿבו, perhaps ancient textual error); לֹא מָֽצְאוּ יְדֵיהֶם Psalm 76:6 they did not find their hands, were not able to use them, were paralyzed; חַיַּת יָדֵךְ מָצָאתְ Isaiah 57:10 —experience renewal of thy strength (compare I. חַיָּה above CheComm.; for other interpretations of ח׳, ידך, see Ew Di Du CheHpt); כְּדֵי נְאֻלָּתוֺ וּמָצָא Leviticus 25:26 = and he find (that he has) enough for its redemption (compare דַּי), so דֵּי הָשִׁיב מָֽצְאָה יָדוֺ Leviticus 25:28, יָדָהּ דֵּי שֶׂה תִּמ׳ Leviticus 12:8 (compare תַּגִּיעַ Leviticus 5:7); without דַּי, וְלֹא מָֽצְאוּ לָהֶם כֵּן Judges 21:14 —and they (the Israelites) did not find enough for them, even so (compare GFM); also וּמָצָא לָהֶם Numbers 11:22 (twice in verse) (JE) and so one find (= there be found) enough for them (compare Niph. Joshua 17:16; Zechariah 10:10).
Niph. Perfect נִמְצָא 1 Samuel 13:22 +; 3rd person feminine singular נמצאה Jeremiah 48:27 Kt Gf; < נִמְצָא Qr Gie; 2nd person feminine singular נִמְצֵאת Jeremiah 50:24; 1st person singular נִמְצֵאתִי Isaiah 65:1, וְנִמְצֵאתִי consecutive Jeremiah 29:14; 3rd person plural נִמְצְאוּ Deuteronomy 22:30 +, הַנִּמְצְאוּ 1 Chronicles 29:17 (הַּ = rel., compare DaSynt. § 22 R. 4 KöSynt. § 52); Imperfect יִמָּצֵא Genesis 44:9 +; 3rd person feminine singular תִּמָּצֵא Exodus 22:3 +; 2nd person feminine singular תִּֽֽֽמּצְאִי Ezekiel 26:21; 3rd person masculine plural יִֽֽֽמּצְאוּן Genesis 18:29, 30, 31, 32, וַיִּמָּֽצְאוּ 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 4:16; 3rd person feminine plural תִּמָּצֶ֑אינָה Jeremiah 50:20; Infinitive הִמָּצֵא Exodus 22:3 (= Infinitive absolute compare BaNB 74), suffix הִמָּֽצְאוֺ Isaiah 55:6; Participle נִמְצָא Judges 20:48 +, feminine singular נִמְצָאָ֑ה 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4; plural נִמְצְאִים 1 Samuel 13:15 + 11 times; נִמְצָאִים only Ezra 8:25; suffix 2nd person feminine singular נִמְצָאַיִךְ Isaiah 22:3; נִמְצָאוֺת Genesis 19:15; Judges 20:48; — passive of Qal, be found:
1.
a. of a thing lost (asses) 1 Samuel 9:20; 1 Samuel 10:2, 16; stolen Genesis 44:9, 10, 12, 16, 17 (J); Exodus 21:16 (all with בְּיַד); sought, wisdom Job 28:12, 13; Proverbs 10:13
b. of thing found unexpectedly, book 2 Kings 22:13; 2 Kings 23:2 2 Chronicles 34:21, 30; of corpse Deuteronomy 21:1.
c. = be lighted upon, encountered; of breaches in temple 2 Kings 12:6; of cities Judges 20:48b; of persons in captured city 2 Kings 25:19 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 52:25 (twice in verse), Deuteronomy 20:11, compare Exodus 9:19 (J), Judges 20:48a Isaiah 13:15; Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 41:8; be discovered, of a condition, situation Deuteronomy 22:20 (בתולים); טוֺב נִמְצָאבֿוֺ דָּבָר 1 Kings 14:13, compare 2 Chronicles 19:3.
d. be found written (כתוב), Nehemiah 13:1; Esther 6:2; of persons Daniel 12:1.
e. = appeared, were recognized, of words of י׳ Jeremiah 15:16.
f. of persons sought Genesis 18:29, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, 32 (J), Joshua 10:17 (JE), 1 Samuel 10:21; 2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Chronicles 26:31; in geneological register Ezra 2:62 = Nehemiah 7:64; of י׳, specifically, let himself be found of (by) any one: followed by לְ person Isaiah 65:1; Jeremiah 29:14; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 15:2, 4, 15, absolute Isaiah 55:6.
g. = be discovered, detected:
(1) of iniquity, crime: Exodus 22:3 (twice in verse) (E), 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Kings 1:52; Jeremiah 2:34; Ezekiel 28:15; Job 19:28; Malachi 2:6, compare Micah 1:13; 2 Chronicles 36:8; Esther 2:23.
(2) of wrong-doers Exodus 22:1; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:7 (E), Deuteronomy 22:22, 28; Deuteronomy 24:7; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 48:27; Jeremiah 50:24 (|| נִלְבַּדְתְּ, נִתְפַּשְׂתְּ), Proverbs 6:31; Ezra 10:18.
h. = be gained, secured, as a crop, of fruit, figurative נִמְצָא פֶּרְיְךָ מִמֶּנִּי Hosea 14:9 (compare Qal Genesis 26:12; Ecclesiastes 11:1)
i. = be discoverable, to be found Job 42:15; Daniel 1:19 (compare Isaiah 55:6 above 1f).
2. be found = be:
a. with בְּיַד be found in one's hand = one happens to have 1 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 13:22 (twice in verse), compare (without ביד) 1 Samuel 23:4.
b. with לְ person, = be in the possession of: Deuteronomy 21:17, with אֶתֿ (preposition) person Exodus 35:23, 24; 1 Chronicles 29:8.
c. be found in (ב) a place, especially of wealth, treasure, Genesis 47:14 (J), 2 Kings 12:11; 2 Kings 12:19; 2 Kings 14:14; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2; 2 Kings 22:9; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 25:24; 34:17; compare Exodus 12:19; Jeremiah 41:3; 1 Chronicles 4:41; = happen to be, be, Deuteronomy 17:2; Deuteronomy 18:10; Jeremiah 5:26; Isaiah 35:9; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 65:8; with negative = be no more Zephaniah 3:13; Ezekiel 26:21; Psalm 37:36 (|| אֵינֶנּוּ), Daniel 11:19.
d. = be left after war, violence, etc., 1 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 17:13; Isaiah 30:14; 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4.
e. = be present Genesis 19:15 (J), 1 Samuel 13:15, 16; 1 Samuel 21:4; especially late, 1 Chronicles 29:17; 2 Chronicles 5:11; 29:29; 30:21; 31:1; 34:32, 33; 35:7, 17, 18; Ezra 8:25; Esther 1:5; Esther 4:16.
f. = prove to be, after numbering, 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 2:16; of י׳, עֶזְדָה בְצָדוֺת נִמְצָא Psalm 46:2.
3. be (found) sufficient: לֹא יִמָצֵא לָנוּ הָהָד Joshua 17:16 (JE), compare Zechariah 10:10 (also Qal Numbers 11:22; Judges 21:14).
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular suffix הִמְצִיתִךָ 2 Samuel 3:8; 3rd person masculine plural הִמְצִיאוּ Leviticus 9:13; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix 3rd person masculine singular יַמְצִאֶנּוּ Job 34:11, יַמְצִאֵהוּ Job 37:13; 3rd person masculine plural וַיַמְצִאוּ Leviticus 9:12, 18; Participle מַמְצִיא Zechariah 11:6; —
1. cause to find, attain, with accusative of person Job 34:11 (subject God).
2. cause to light upon, come upon, come with accusative of cloud Job 37:13 (dubious)
3. cause to encounter, deliver up to, with accusative of person, + בְּיַד 2 Samuel 3:8 (subject man), Zechariah 11:6 (subject God).
4. present unto (אֶלֿ), of Aaron's sons ministering unto him, with accusative of offering, and of blood, Leviticus 9:12, 13, 18.
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Genesis

2:20; 2:20; 4:14; 4:14; 4:15; 6:8; 8:9; 8:9; 11:2; 16:7; 18:3; 18:3; 18:26; 18:28; 18:29; 18:29; 18:30; 18:30; 18:30; 18:31; 18:31; 18:32; 18:32; 19:11; 19:11; 19:15; 19:15; 19:19; 26:12; 26:12; 26:19; 26:32; 27:20; 30:27; 31:32; 31:33; 31:34; 31:35; 31:37; 31:37; 32:5; 32:20; 32:20; 36:24; 37:15; 37:17; 38:20; 38:22; 38:23; 41:38; 44:8; 44:9; 44:9; 44:10; 44:12; 44:16; 44:16; 44:17; 44:34; 47:14

Exodus

5:11; 9:19; 12:19; 15:22; 18:8; 18:18; 21:16; 22:1; 22:3; 22:3; 22:3; 22:5; 22:6; 22:7; 33:12; 33:13; 33:16; 33:17; 34:9; 35:23; 35:24

Leviticus

5:7; 9:12; 9:12; 9:13; 9:13; 9:18; 9:18; 12:8; 25:26; 25:28

Numbers

11:11; 11:11; 11:15; 11:22; 11:22; 15:22; 15:33; 15:33; 20:14; 31:50; 32:5; 32:23; 35:27

Deuteronomy

4:29; 4:30; 17:2; 18:10; 19:5; 20:11; 21:1; 21:17; 22:3; 22:14; 22:17; 22:20; 22:22; 22:23; 22:25; 22:27; 22:28; 22:28; 22:30; 24:1; 24:1; 24:7; 31:17; 31:21; 31:21; 32:10

Joshua

2:22; 2:23; 2:23; 10:17; 17:16; 17:16

Judges

5:30; 5:30; 6:13; 6:13; 6:17; 9:33; 14:12; 14:18; 15:15; 20:48; 20:48; 20:48; 20:48; 21:12; 21:14; 21:14; 21:14

Ruth

1:9; 1:9; 2:2; 2:10; 2:13

1 Samuel

1:18; 1:18; 9:4; 9:8; 9:11; 9:13; 9:20; 10:2; 10:7; 10:16; 10:21; 12:5; 13:15; 13:15; 13:16; 13:19; 13:22; 13:22; 14:30; 20:21; 20:21; 20:36; 20:36; 21:4; 23:4; 23:17; 23:17; 24:20; 25:28; 29:3; 29:6; 29:8; 30:11; 31:3

2 Samuel

3:8; 3:8; 7:12; 7:27; 15:25; 17:13; 17:20; 18:22; 18:22; 20:6

1 Kings

1:3; 1:52; 11:19; 13:14; 13:24; 13:28; 14:13; 18:5; 18:10; 18:12; 20:36; 21:20

2 Kings

2:17; 4:29; 7:9; 9:21; 10:13; 10:15; 12:6; 12:11; 12:19; 14:14; 16:8; 17:4; 18:15; 19:4; 19:4; 19:8; 20:13; 22:8; 22:9; 22:13; 23:2; 23:24; 25:19

1 Chronicles

4:41; 10:3; 17:25; 20:2; 24:4; 24:4; 26:31; 28:9; 29:8; 29:17; 29:17

2 Chronicles

2:16; 4:16; 5:11; 15:2; 15:4; 15:15; 19:3; 20:16; 20:25; 21:17; 25:5; 25:24; 29:29; 30:21; 31:1; 34:14; 34:15; 34:17; 34:21; 34:30; 34:32; 34:33; 35:7; 35:17; 35:18; 36:8

Ezra

2:62; 8:25; 8:25; 10:18

Nehemiah

5:8; 7:5; 7:5; 7:64; 8:14; 9:8; 9:32; 9:32; 13:1

Esther

1:5; 2:23; 4:16; 5:8; 6:2; 7:3; 8:5; 8:6

Job

3:22; 11:7; 11:7; 19:28; 20:8; 20:8; 23:3; 28:12; 28:13; 31:25; 31:29; 31:29; 32:3; 32:13; 33:10; 33:24; 34:11; 34:11; 37:13; 37:13; 37:23; 37:23; 37:23; 42:15

Psalms

10:15; 17:3; 21:9; 21:9; 32:6; 32:6; 36:3; 37:36; 46:2; 76:6; 84:4; 89:21; 107:4; 116:3; 116:3; 119:143; 119:162; 119:162; 132:5; 132:6

Proverbs

1:13; 1:28; 1:28; 2:5; 3:4; 3:4; 3:13; 4:22; 6:31; 6:33; 7:15; 8:9; 8:9; 8:12; 8:17; 8:17; 8:35; 8:35; 8:35; 10:13; 18:22; 21:21; 24:14; 25:16; 28:23

Ecclesiastes

3:11; 7:14; 7:24; 7:26; 7:27; 7:29; 8:17; 9:10; 9:10; 9:15; 11:1; 11:1; 12:10

Song of Songs

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:2; 3:3; 3:4; 5:6; 5:6; 5:7; 5:8; 8:1; 8:10; 8:10

Isaiah

10:10; 10:14; 13:15; 22:3; 22:3; 30:14; 34:14; 35:9; 37:4; 37:4; 37:8; 39:2; 41:12; 51:3; 55:6; 55:6; 55:6; 57:10; 58:3; 58:13; 65:1; 65:1; 65:8

Jeremiah

2:5; 2:24; 2:26; 2:34; 2:34; 5:26; 6:16; 6:16; 10:18; 15:16; 23:11; 29:13; 29:14; 29:14; 31:2; 41:3; 41:8; 41:12; 45:3; 48:27; 48:27; 50:7; 50:20; 50:24; 50:24; 52:25

Lamentations

1:3; 2:9

Ezekiel

3:1; 22:30; 26:21; 26:21; 28:15

Daniel

1:19; 1:20; 7:26; 11:19; 12:1

Hosea

5:6; 6:3; 9:10; 12:5; 12:9; 12:9; 14:9

Amos

8:12

Jonah

1:3

Micah

1:13

Zephaniah

3:13

Zechariah

10:10; 10:10; 11:6; 11:6

Malachi

2:6

H4672

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4672 matches the Hebrew מָצָא (māṣā'),
which occurs 457 times in 425 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 9 (Gen 2:20–Gen 44:34)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - The man H120 gave H7121 names H8034 to all H3605 the livestock H929, and to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064, and to every H3605 animal H2416 of the field H7704, but for [fn]Adam H121 there was not found H4672 a helper H5828 [fn]suitable H5048 for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - “Behold H2005, You have driven H1644 me this day H3117 from the face H6440 of the ground H127; and I will be hidden H5641 from Your face H6440, and I will be a wanderer H5128 and a drifter H5110 on the earth H776, and whoever H3605 finds H4672 me will kill H2026 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - So the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Therefore H3651 whoever H3605 kills H2026 Cain H7014, vengeance H5358 will be taken H5358 on him seven H7659 times H7659 as much.” And the LORD H3068 [fn]placed H7760 a mark H226 on Cain H7014, so that no H3605 one H3605 finding H4672 him would kill H5221 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:8 - But Noah H5146 found H4672 favor H2580 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - but the dove H3123 found H4672 no H3808 resting H4494 place H4494 for the sole H3709 of its foot H7272, so it returned H7725 to him in the ark H8392, for the water H4325 was on the [fn]surface H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776. Then he put H7971 out H7971 his hand H3027 and took H3947 it, and brought H935 it into the ark H8392 to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And it came H1961 about H1961, as they journeyed H5265 [fn]east H6924, that they found H4672 a plain H1237 in the land H776 of Shinar H8152 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:7 -

Now the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 found H4672 her by a spring H5869 of water H4325 in the wilderness H4057, by the spring H5869 on the way H1870 to Shur H7793.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and said H559, “[fn]My Lord H113, if H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in Your sight H5869, please H4994 do not [fn]pass H5674 Your servant H5650 by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - So the LORD H3068 said H559, “If H518 I find H4672 in Sodom H5467 fifty H2572 righteous H6662 within H8432 the city H5892, then I will [fn]spare H5375 the entire H3605 place H4725 on their account H5668.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - “Suppose H194 the fifty H2572 righteous H6662 are lacking H2637 five H2568, will You destroy H7843 the entire H3605 city H5892 because of five H2568?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it if H518 I find H4672 forty-five H705 H2568 there H8033.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And he spoke H1696 to Him yet H5750 again H3254 and said H559, “Suppose H194 forty H705 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not do H6213 it on account H5668 of the forty H705.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696; suppose H194 thirty H7970 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not do H6213 it if H518 I find H4672 thirty H7970 there H8033.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said H559, “Now H4994 behold H2009, I have [fn]ventured H2974 to speak H1696 to the Lord H136; suppose H194 twenty H6242 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the twenty H6242.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696 only H389 this H6471 once H6471: suppose H194 ten H6235 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the ten H6235.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - Then they struck H5221 the men H376 who H834 were at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with blindness H5575, from H4480 the small H6996 to the great H1419, so that they became H3811 weary H3811 of trying to find H4672 the doorway H6607.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 -

When H3644 morning H7837 dawned H5927, the angels H4397 urged H213 Lot H3876, saying H559, “Up, take H3947 your wife H802 and your two H8147 daughters H1323 who are H4672 here H4672, or H6435 you will be swept H5595 away H5595 in the [fn]punishment H5771 of the city H5892.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - “Now H4994 behold H2009, your servant H5650 has found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, and you have magnified H1431 your compassion H2617, which H834 you have shown H6213 me by saving H2421 my life H5315; but I cannot H3201 H3808 escape H4422 to the [fn]mountains H2022, for the disaster H7451 will overtake H1692 me and I will die H4191;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12 -

Now Isaac H3327 sowed H2232 in that land H776 and [fn]reaped H4672 in the same H1931 year H8141 a hundred H3967 times H8180 as much. And the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - But when Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 dug H2658 in the valley H5158 and found H4672 there H8033 a well H875 of [fn]flowing H2416 water H4325,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the same H1931 day H3117, that Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 came H935 in H935 and told H5046 him about H5921 H182 the well H875 which H834 they had dug H2658, and said H559 to him, “We have found H4672 water H4325.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20 - Isaac H3327 said H559 to his son H1121, “How H4100 is it that you have H4672 it so quickly H4116, my son H1121?” And he said H559, “Because H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 made H7136 it [fn]come H7136 to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 -

Now in the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105 Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 mandrake H1736 fruits H1736 in the field H7704, and brought H935 them to his mother H517 Leah H3812. Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah H3812, “Please H4994 give H5414 me some H4480 of your son’s H1121 mandrakes H1736.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - But Laban H3837 said H559 to him, “If H518 [fn]it pleases H4672 H2580 you at H4994 all H4994, stay with me; I have determined H5172 by H5172 divination H5172 that the LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 me on your account H1558.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - “The one with whom H834 you find H4672 your gods H430 shall not live H2421; in the presence H5048 of our relatives H251 [fn]point H5234 out H5234 what H4100 is yours [fn]among H5973 my belongings H5973 and take H3947 it for yourself.” Now Jacob H3290 did not know H3045 that Rachel H7354 had stolen H1589 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 -

So Laban H3837 went H935 into Jacob’s H3290 tent H168, and into Leah’s H3812 tent H168, and into the tent H168 of the two H8147 slave H519 women H519, but he did not find H4672 them. Then he went H3318 out H3318 of Leah’s H3812 tent H168 and entered H935 Rachel’s H7354 tent H168.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel H7354 had taken H3947 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and put H7760 them in the camel’s H1581 saddlebag H3733, and she sat H3427 on them. So Laban H3837 searched H4959 through H4959 all H3605 the tent H168, but did not find H4672 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - And she said H559 to her father H1, “May my lord H113 not be H2734 angry H2734 that I cannot H3201 H3808 stand H6965 in your presence H4480 H6440, because H3588 the [fn]way H1870 of women H802 is upon me.” So he searched H2664 but did not find H4672 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Though H3588 you have searched H4959 through H4959 all H3605 my property H3627, what H4100 have you found H4672 of all H3605 your household H1004 property H3627? Set H7760 it here H3541 in front H5048 of my relatives H251 and your relatives H251, so that they may decide H3198 between H996 the two H8147 of us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - and I have H1961 oxen H7794, donkeys H2543, flocks H6629, and male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198; and I have sent H7971 messengers to tell H5046 my lord H113, so that I may find H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - Then he commanded H6680 also H1571 the second H8145 and the third H7992, and all H3605 those who followed H1980 H310 the flocks H5739, saying H559, “In this H2088 way H1697 you shall speak H1696 to Esau H6215 when you find H4672 him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8 - And he said H559, “What H4310 do you mean by all H3605 this H2088 company H4264 which H834 I have met H6298?” And he said H559, “To find H4672 favor H2580 in the sight H5869 of my lord H113.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Jacob H3290 said H559, “No H408, please H4994, if H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, then accept H3947 my gift H4503 from my hand H3027, [fn]for I see H7200 your face H6440 as one sees H7200 the face H6440 of God H430, and you have received H7521 me favorably H7521.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 -

Then Esau H6215 said H559, “Please H4994 let me leave H3322 with you some H4480 of the people H5971 who H834 are with me.” But he said H559, “[fn]What H4100 need is there? Let me find H4672 favor H2580 in the sight H5869 of my lord H113.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - Shechem H7927 also said H559 to her father H1 and to her brothers H251, “Let me find H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, and I will give H5414 whatever H834 you tell H559 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - And these H428 are the sons H1121 of Zibeon H6649: Aiah H345 and Anah H6034—he is the Anah H6034 who H834 found H4672 the hot H3222 springs H3222 in the wilderness H4057 when he was pasturing H7462 the donkeys H2543 of his father H1 Zibeon H6649.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 -

A man H376 found H4672 him, and behold H2009, he was wandering H8582 in the field H7704; and the man H376 asked H7592 him, “[fn]What H4100 are you looking H1245 for H1245?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:17 - Then the man H376 said H559, “They have moved H5265 from here H2088; for I heard H8085 them say H559, ‘Let’s go H1980 to Dothan H1886.’” So Joseph H3130 went H1980 after his brothers H251 and found H4672 them at Dothan H1886.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - and they sent H7971 the [fn]multicolored H6446 tunic H3801 and brought H935 it to their father H1 and said H559, “We found H4672 this H2088; please H4994 [fn]examine H5234 it to see whether it is your son’s H1121 tunic H3801 or H518 not.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 -

When Judah H3063 sent H7971 the [fn]young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 by his friend H7453 the Adullamite H5726, to receive H3947 the pledge H6162 from the woman’s H802 hand H3027, he did not find H4672 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - So he returned H7725 to Judah H3063, and said H559, “I did not find H4672 her; and furthermore H1571, the people H376 of the place H4725 said H559, ‘There has been H1961 no H3808 temple H6945 prostitute H6945 here H2088.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:23 - Then Judah H3063 said H559, “Let her [fn]keep H3947 them, otherwise H6435 we will become H1961 a laughingstock H937. [fn]After H2009 all H2009, I sent H7971 this H2088 young H1423 goat H1423, but you did not find H4672 her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - So Joseph H3130 found H4672 favor H2580 in his sight H5869 and [fn]became H8334 his personal H8334 servant H8334; and he made H6485 him overseer H6485 over H5921 his house H1004, and [fn]put H5414 him in charge H3027 of all H3605 that he owned H3426.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:38 - Then Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to his servants H5650, “Can we find H4672 a man H376 like this H2088, in whom H834 there is a divine H430 spirit H7307?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - “Behold H2005, the money H3701 which H834 we found H4672 in the opening H6310 of our sacks H572 we have brought H7725 back H7725 to you from the land H776 of Canaan H3667. How H349 then could we steal H1589 silver H3701 or H176 gold H2091 from your lord’s H113 house H1004?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:9 - “With whomever H834 of your servants H5650 it is found H4672, he shall die H4191, and we also H1571 shall be my lord’s H113 slaves H5650.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - So he said H559, “Now H6258 let it indeed H1571 be according to your words H1697; he with whom H834 it is found H4672 shall be my slave H5650, but the rest of you shall be considered innocent H5355.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched H2664, beginning H2490 with the oldest H1419 and ending H3615 with the youngest H6996; and the cup H1375 was found H4672 in Benjamin’s H1144 sack H572.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:16 - So Judah H3063 said H559, “What H4100 can we say H559 to my lord H113? What H4100 words can we speak H1696? And how H4100 can we justify H6663 ourselves? God H430 has found H4672 out H4672 the guilt H5771 of your servants H5650; behold H2009, we are my lord’s H113 slaves H5650, both H1571 we and the one in whose H834 [fn]possession H3027 the cup H1375 has been found H4672.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - But he said H559, “Far H2486 be it from me to do H6213 this H2088. The man H376 in whose H834 [fn]possession H3027 the cup H1375 has been found H4672, he shall be my slave H5650; but as for you, go H5927 up H5927 in peace H7965 to your father H1.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - “For how H349 shall I go H5927 up H5927 to my father H1 if the boy H5288 is not with me? I fear that I may see H7200 the evil H7451 that would [fn]overtake H4672 my father H1.”

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