Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #16145

OSHB Gen 33:15 אֶמְצָא (ʼemʦāʼ) Strongs=4672 Lemma=‘מָצָא’
contextual word gloss=‘let_me_find’ word gloss=‘find’
Morphology=Vqh1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=cohortative Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-1739

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Only use of identical word form ‘אֶמְצָא’ (Morphology=Vqh1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=cohortative Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֶמְצָא’ (Morphology=Vqh1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=cohortative Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘let_me_find’.

GEN 33:15 contextual word gloss=‘let_me_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB GEN 33:15 word 13

OET-LV: 15 And_ ˊĒsāv _he/it _said let _me _place please with_you some _of the_people which is_with_me and_he/it _said to/for_what this let _me _find favour in/on_both _eyes _of my_master. (GEN_33:15)

OET-RV: 15 “At least let me leave some of my men with you all,” said Esaw.
¶ “Why do that?” contradicted Yacob. “May my master allow me to decide.” (GEN 33:15)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מָצָא’’ have 7 different glosses: ‘I_am_finding’, ‘I_find’, ‘I_found’, ‘I_may_find’, ‘I_will_find’, ‘let_me_find’, ‘may_I_find’.