Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #35928

OSHB Exo 22:3 הִמָּצֵא (himmāʦēʼ) Strongs=4672 Lemma=‘מָצָא’
contextual word gloss=‘actually_(be_found)’ word gloss=‘to_be_found’
Morphology=VNa PoS=niphal_verb Type=infinitive_absolute
Year=-1491

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Only use of identical word form ‘הִמָּצֵא’ (Morphology=VNa PoS=niphal_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הִמָּצֵא’ (Morphology=VNa PoS=niphal_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘actually_(be_found)’.

EXO 22:3 contextual word gloss=‘actually_(be_found)’ word gloss=‘to_be_found’ OSHB EXO 22:3 word 2

OET-LV: 3  if actually _(be _found) it _will _be _found in_hand _of_his the _thing_stolen from_an _ox unto a _donkey unto a _sheep alive twofold he _will _make _restitution. (EXO_22:3)

OET-RV: 3 But if it’s daylight already, then that person is guilty of murder.)
¶ A thief who’s caught must make restitution, but if they’re unable to pay, then the thief must be sold to cover it. (EXO 22:3)