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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #4672 - מָצָא
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1294) ym (מתס MTs) AC: Squeeze CO: ? AB: Strong: The pictograph m is a picture of water representing might, the y representing the side. Combined these mean "mighty sides". When one strengthens the sides internal pressure is forced on the sides of the upper body.
A) ym (מתס MTs) AC: Squeeze CO: ? AB: ?
Nm ) ym (מתס MTs) - Squeeze: KJV (1): extortioner - Strongs: H4160 (מוּץ)
B) yym (מתסתס MTsTs) AC: Suck CO: ? AB: ?: A pressing with the lips.
V) yym (מתסתס MTsTs) - Suck: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) milk - Strongs: H4711 (מָצַץ)
Nf1) eyym (מתסתסה MTsTsH) - Unleavened: A hard and flat bread or cake made without leaven. As a food that can be sucked on. KJV (53): unleavened bread, cakes, unleavened, without leaven - Strongs: H4682 (מַצָּה)
C) yma (אמתס AMTs) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Strong: A strong pressure or pressing. A mental strength of courage or determination.
V) yma (אמתס AMTs) - Strong: To be mentally strong, firm, obstinate or courageous. KJV (41): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) strengthen, courage, strong, courageous, harden, speed, stronger, confirm, establish, fortify, increase, obstinate, prevail - Strongs: H553 (אָמֵץ)
Nf1) yma (אמתסה AMTsH) - Strength: KJV (1): strength - Strongs: H556 (אַמְצָה)
am) ymam (מאמתס MAMTs) - Strength: KJV (1): forces - Strongs: H3981 (מַאֲמָץ)
bm) yima (אמיתס AMYTs) - Strong: KJV (6): strong, mighty, courageous - Strongs: H533 (אַמִּץ)
cm) yfma (אמותס AMWTs) - Strong: KJV (2): bay - Strongs: H554 (אָמֹץ)
gm) ymfa (אומתס AWMTs) - Strong: KJV (1): strong - Strongs: H555 (אֹמֶץ)
E) aym (מתסא MTsA) AC: Find CO: ? AB: ?: In the sense of squeezing something out of its hidden place.
V) aym (מתסא MTsA) - Find: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (464): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) find, present, come, meet, befall, get, suffice, deliver, hit, left, hold, reach - Strongs: H4291 (מְטָה), H4672 (מָצָא)
H) eym (מתסה MTsH) AC: Wring CO: ? AB: ?: A squeezing out of a liquid by wringing.
V) eym (מתסה MTsH) - Wring: To squeeze out by wringing. KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Niphal) wring, suck - Strongs: H4680 (מָצָה)
J) yfm (מותס MWTs) AC: ? CO: Chaff AB: ?: When a seed of grain is squeezed the chaff is removed.
Nm) yfm (מותס MWTs) - Chaff: KJV (8): chaff - Strongs: H4671 (מוֹץ)
M) yim (מיתס MYTs) AC: Wring CO: ? AB: ?: A squeezing out of a liquid by wringing.
Nm) yim (מיתס MYTs) - Wring: KJV (3): churn, wring, force - Strongs: H4330 (מִיץ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
מָצָא 1 pers. מָצָאתִי, and מָצָתִי Numbers 11:11 fut. יִמְצָא, imp. מְצָא, inf. מְצֹא with suffix מָצְאִי, מֹצַאֲכֶם (for מָצְאֲכֶם), Genesis 32:20 part. מֹצֵא once מֹצֶא (in the manner of verbs לה֞֞); Ecclesiastes 7:26 fem. מֹצֵאת, מֹצְאֵת 2 Samuel 18:22; Song of Solomon 8:10.
(1) to come to, i.e. to attain to, to arrive at anything, followed by עַד Job 11:7 (Ch. and Syr. מְטָא, ܡܛܐܳ id., Eth. መጽአ፡ to come), hence to obtain, to acquire, to receive, with acc. of the thing. Genesis 26:12, “Isaac in that year received a hundred measures,” i.e. he made in the harvest a hundredfold. 2 Samuel 20:6, פֶּן מָצָא לוֹ עָרִים בְּצֻרוֹם “lest he get (take) fenced cities;” Ezekiel 3:1. So to obtain knowledge, Proverbs 3:13, 8:9 happiness, a good thing, 8:35 18:22 favour (see חֵן ); riches, Hosea 12:9 rest, Ruth 1:9 a vision from God (מֵיהוָֹה), Lamentations 2:9 a sepulchre; i.e. death longed for, Job 3:22 also in a bad sense to meet with calamity, i.e. to fall into it, Psalms 116:3; Proverbs 6:33; Hosea 12:9. “My hand has acquired (something),” i.q. I have obtained, got for myself, Leviticus 25:28; Job 31:25. Absol., 2 Samuel 18:22, אֵין בְּשׂרָה מֹצֵאת “there are no tidings that will gain (any thing),” i.e. this message is unacceptable, it will bring no reward to him who carries it.
(2) to find any person or thing (prop. to come upon, to fall upon), with an acc. of pers. and thing, Genesis 2:20, 8:9 11:2 18:26 19:11 31:35 1 Kings 13:14; 1 Samuel 31:8, and frequently. LXX. εὑρίσκω, as well as in very many examples and phrases of Nos. 1 and 3.- 1 Samuel 29:3, לֹא מָצָאתִי בוֹ מְאוּמָה “I have not found in him any thing,” sc. of crime; compare Psalms 17:3. Specially observe the phrase, 1 Samuel 10:7, עֲשֵׂה לְךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא יָדֶךָ “do what thy hand findeth,” (was dir vor die Hand kommt), i.e. what may seem good to thee, do as thou wilt (nach deinem Befinden); 1 Samuel 25:8; Judges 9:33 a little differently, Ecclesiastes 9:10, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא יָדְֽךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ עֲשֵׂה “whatever thy hand findeth to do (whatever thou hast to do), do it with thy might.”-Figuratively, to find out by thinking, Ecclesiastes 3:11, 7:27 8:17 e.g. rightly to solve an enigma, Judges 14:12, 18 Judges 14:18. Rarely i.q. to wish to find, to seek, 1 Samuel 20:21, לֵךְ מְצָא אֶת־הַחִצִּים “go, that thou mayest find the arrows,” compare verse 36 1 Samuel 20:36; Job 33:10.
(3) to reach any one, i.e. to happen to, to befall any one, with an acc. of person (compare בּוֹא with acc. No. 2, letter d), Exodus 18:8, “all the travail אֲשֶׁר מְצָאָתָם בַּדֶּרֶךְ which had befallen them in the way;” Genesis 44:34; Numbers 20:14, 32:23 Joshua 2:23; Judges 6:13; Psalms 116:3, 119:143, compare εὑρίσκω τινά, Tob_12:7. Specially observe the phrase יָדִי מָֽצְאָה פ׳ my hand (as conquering, avenging) reaches any one, 1 Samuel 23:17, followed by לְ of person, Isaiah 10:10; Psalms 21:9.
(4) to suffice for any thing, followed by a dat. Numbers 11:22; Judges 21:14 (compare Germ. hinreichen, hinlangen, hinlänglich fenn, and Gr. ἱκνούμενος, ἱκανός, sufficient, from ἱκνέομαι).
Niphal נִמְצָא.
(1) pass. of Kal No. 1, to be acquired by any one, followed by לְ, Deuteronomy 21:17, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יִמַּצֵא לוֹ “all things which he possesses;” Joshua 17:16; Jeremiah 15:16, נִמְצְאוּ דְבָרֶיךָ “thy words are received” sc. by me, i.e. brought to me; Job 28:12, “wisdom, מֵאַיִן תִּמָּצֵא whence shall (it) be acquired?”
(2) pass. of Kal No. 2, to be found, Genesis 44:16, 17 Genesis 44:17; Exodus 22:3; 1 Kings 14:13. Hence
(a) to be, to be present, to exist in any place (fich befinden, befindlich fehn), 1 Chronicles 29:17, עַמְּךָ הַנִּמְצְאוּ פֹה “thy people, who are here present;” 2 Chronicles 34:32, כָּל־הַנִּמְצָא בִירוּשָׁלַםִ; Jeremiah 41:3, 52:25. Used of things, Genesis 47:14, כָּל הַבֶּסֶף הַנִּמְצָא בְאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם “all the money which was in Egypt.” Also, to be present (opp. to absent), Genesis 19:15, שְׁתֵּי בְנוֹתֶיךָ הַנִּמְצָאוֹת “thy two daughters who are present;” compare verse 14 Genesis 19:14; Ezra 8:25.
(b) God is said to be found by men when he inclines his ears to them, when he hears and answers them (compare נִדְרַשׁ), 1 Chronicles 28:9, אִס־תִּדְרְשֶׁנּוּ יִמָּצֵא לָךְ “if thou seekest him, he will be found of thee.”
Hiphil הִמְצִיא.
(1) causat. of Kal No. 1, to cause to come, followed by בְּיַד to deliver, 2 Samuel 3:8.
(2) to cause any one to acquire, i.e. to give to him, Job 34:11, 37:13 Zechariah 11:6.
(3) to bring to, to present, to offer, followed by אֶל Leviticus 9:12, 13, 18.
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