# H4672 מָצָא

מָצָא (mâtsâʼ), Strong’s H4672: 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…

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*mâtsâʼ* — 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…

Occurs 455 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 2:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=20) — 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…
- [Genesis 4:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=14) — 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…
- [Genesis 4:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=15) — The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a…
- [Genesis 6:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=8) — But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
- [Genesis 8:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=9) — 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…
- [Genesis 11:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=2) — As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
- [Genesis 16:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=7) — The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
- [Genesis 18:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=3) — and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
- [Genesis 18:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=26) — The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
- [Genesis 18:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=28) — What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will…