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māṣāʾ מָצָא ‘to find’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

māṣāʾ v
1) to find, attain to
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
  1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
  1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
  1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
 1c) (Hiphil)
  1c1) to cause to find, attain
  1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
  1c3) to cause to encounter
  1c4) to present (offering)

Mentioned in Genesis 31:35, 34:11, 36:24, 37:32, 44:17, 44:34, 18:3, 32:6, 33:8, 33:15, 44:8, 44:9, 44:16, 47:25, 2:20, 4:14, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 31:33, 31:34, 26:32, 18:28, 18:29, 19:15, 4:15, 50:4, 31:32, 31:37, 37:17, 32:20, 19:11, 38:22, 41:38, 33:10, 47:29, 8:9, 27:20, 30:14, 30:27, 18:26, 37:15, 38:23, 44:10, 44:12, 19:19, 11:2, 26:12, 47:14, 38:20, 39:4, 26:19, 16:7, 6:8 Exodus 35:23, 9:19, 33:16, 34:9, 22:5, 22:6, 18:8, 12:19, 5:11, 22:1, 21:16, 16:25, 15:22, 22:7, 33:12, 33:17, 22:3, 33:13, 35:24, 16:27 Codex Leviticus 5:22, 5:23, 9:12, 9:18, 12:8, 25:28, 25:26, 9:13 Numbers 20:14, 15:33, 32:5, 35:27, 15:32, 31:50, 11:15, 11:11, 11:22, 32:23 Deuteronomy 22:3, 21:1, 17:2, 21:17, 24:7, 19:5, 4:30, 22:27, 31:17, 22:22, 22:23, 22:25, 22:28, 24:1, 32:10, 22:14, 31:21, 22:17, 4:29, 20:11, 22:20, 18:10 Joshua 2:23, 10:17, 17:16, 2:22 Judges 6:13, 1:5, 6:17, 17:9, 14:18, 15:15, 17:8, 20:48, 21:12, 9:33, 14:12, 21:14, 5:30 1 Samuel 9:20, 10:2, 20:3, 23:17, 25:28, 29:8, 13:19, 21:4, 29:3, 10:7, 20:29, 10:3, 27:5, 9:13, 14:30, 24:20, 9:4, 20:21, 9:8, 13:15, 30:11, 29:6, 1:18, 10:16, 12:5, 16:22, 31:3, 9:11, 20:36, 13:22, 25:8, 10:21, 31:8, 13:16 2 Samuel 3:8, 20:6, 17:20, 14:22, 16:4, 17:12, 7:27, 18:22, 17:13, 15:25 1 Kings 1:3, 18:10, 19:19, 18:5, 18:12, 21:20, 11:19, 11:29, 13:14, 20:37, 13:28, 14:13, 1:52, 20:36, 13:24 2 Kings 12:19, 22:13, 19:4, 23:24, 14:14, 16:8, 18:15, 20:13, 7:9, 4:39, 23:2, 10:13, 25:19, 9:21, 2:17, 4:29, 12:6, 10:15, 17:4, 22:8, 22:9, 9:35, 12:11, 19:8 Isaiah 37:4, 39:2, 34:14, 41:12, 65:8, 65:1, 10:10, 58:13, 57:10, 10:14, 22:3, 35:9, 30:14, 37:8, 51:3, 13:15, 55:6, 58:3 Jeremiah 2:5, 50:7, 2:34, 14:3, 2:24, 45:3, 41:8, 52:25, 6:16, 50:20, 5:1, 11:9, 41:12, 15:16, 29:14, 48:27, 10:18, 31:2, 5:26, 41:3, 29:13, 50:24, 2:26, 23:11 Ezekiel 3:1, 26:21, 22:30, 28:15 Hosea 9:10, 2:9, 12:9, 12:5, 14:9, 2:8, 5:6 Amos 8:12 Jonah 1:3 Micah 1:13 Zephaniah 3:13 Zechariah 11:6, 10:10 Malachi 2:6 Psalms 132:5, 76:6, 21:9, 37:36, 69:21, 32:6, 36:3, 46:2, 84:4, 119:162, 116:3, 132:6, 17:3, 10:15, 89:21, 107:4, 119:143 Proverbs 3:4, 3:13, 20:6, 28:23, 8:17, 19:8, 1:28, 2:5, 24:14, 25:16, 8:12, 18:22, 31:10, 16:20, 6:31, 8:9, 10:13, 1:13, 4:22, 16:31, 17:20, 8:35, 21:21, 6:33, 7:15 Job 42:15, 34:11, 17:10, 28:12, 33:10, 32:3, 32:13, 3:22, 11:7, 31:25, 31:29, 37:13, 19:28, 33:24, 28:13, 23:3, 20:8, 37:23 Song of Songs 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 5:8, 8:10, 8:1, 5:6, 5:7 Ruth 2:13, 2:2, 1:9, 2:10 Lamentations 2:9, 2:16, 1:6, 1:3 Ecclesiastes 3:11, 7:14, 7:28, 7:29, 8:17, 9:15, 7:27, 9:10, 7:26, 12:10, 7:24, 11:1 Esther 4:16, 8:5, 8:6, 6:2, 5:8, 1:5, 7:3, 2:23 Daniel 11:19, 1:20, 12:1, 1:19 Ezra 8:15, 10:18, 2:62, 8:25 Nehemiah 9:32, 13:1, 5:8, 7:5, 7:64, 9:8, 8:14 1 Chronicles 24:4, 26:31, 28:9, 20:2, 29:8, 4:41, 17:25, 29:17, 4:40, 10:8, 10:3 2 Chronicles 2:16, 25:5, 34:21, 34:32, 34:33, 19:3, 25:24, 34:30, 22:8, 31:1, 5:11, 20:25, 34:15, 35:7, 15:4, 15:2, 21:17, 32:4, 29:16, 35:18, 36:8, 20:16, 30:21, 34:14, 34:17, 35:17, 29:29, 15:15

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