{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4672",
  "lemma": "מָצָא",
  "transliteration": "mâtsâʼ",
  "definition": "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",
  "kjv": "[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to…",
  "occurrences": 455,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מָצָא 452 vb. attain to, find",
    "Qal",
    "1. find",
    "2. find out",
    "3. = come upon, light upon",
    "4. noteworthy phrases",
    "Niph. pass. of Qal, be found",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. cause to find, attain",
    "2. cause to light upon, come upon, come",
    "3. cause to encounter",
    "4. present unto"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:20",
      "text": "The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:14",
      "text": "Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:15",
      "text": "The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 6:8",
      "text": "But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:9",
      "text": "but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:2",
      "text": "As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:7",
      "text": "The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:3",
      "text": "and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:26",
      "text": "The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:28",
      "text": "What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=28"
    }
  ],
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