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Hebrew wordlink #16388

OSHB Gen 34:11 אֶמְצָא (ʼemʦāʼ) Strongs=4672 Lemma=‘מָצָא’
contextual word gloss=‘let_me_find’ word gloss=‘find’
Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-1732

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Other uses (13) of identical word form אֶמְצָא (Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֶמְצָא’ (Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) has 7 different glosses: ‘I_am_finding’, ‘I_find’, ‘I_found’, ‘I_may_find’, ‘I_will_find’, ‘let_me_find’, ‘may_I_find’.

GEN 18:26 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB GEN 18:26 word 4

OET-LV: 26 And_ YHWH _he/it _said if I _will _find in_Şədom fifty righteous_people in _the_middle the_city and_I _will _forgive to/from_all/each/any/every the_place because_of_them. (GEN_18:26)

OET-RV: 26 “If I find fifty godly people in Sodom,” Yahweh answered, “then I’ll spare the whole city for their sake.” (GEN 18:26)

GEN 18:28 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB GEN 18:28 word 15

OET-LV: 28 Perhaps they_will _lack fifty the _righteous_people five will_you _destroy for_five DOM all _of the_city and_he/it _said not I _will _destroy_it if I _will _find there forty and_five. (GEN_18:28)

OET-RV: 28 “Suppose they’re five short of the fifty? Would you destroy the whole city because of five?”
¶ “I won’t destroy it if I find forty-five there,” he replied. (GEN 18:28)

GEN 18:30 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB GEN 18:30 word 15

OET-LV: 30 And_he/it _said not please let _it _burn to_the_of_master and_let _me _speak perhaps they_will _be _found there thirty and_he/it _said not I _will _do_it if I _will _find there thirty. (GEN_18:30)

OET-RV: 30 My master, don’t get angry but let me speak,” Abraham said, “suppose thirty are found there?”
¶ “I won’t do it if I find thirty there,” he said. (GEN 18:30)

EXO 33:13 contextual word gloss=‘I_may_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB EXO 33:13 word 13

OET-LV: 13 And_now if please I _have _found favour in_your _two’s _of_eyes show_me please DOM ways _of_your so_that_I _may _know _you so _that I _may _find favour in_your _two’s _of_eyes and_consider if/because _that people _of_is_your the_nation (the)_this. (EXO_33:13)

OET-RV: 13 So now please, if I’ve found favour in your sight, please help me to know your ways. Then I’ll know you so that I can find favour in your sight. And don’t forget that this nation is your people.” (EXO 33:13)

JDG 17:9 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB JDG 17:9 word 17

OET-LV: 9 And_he/it _said to_him/it Mīkāh from_where do _you _come and_he/it _said to_him/it am_a _Lēviyyiy I from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh and_I am_going to_sojourn in_where I _will _find. (JDG_17:9)

OET-RV: 9 “Where have you come from?” Micah asked him.
¶ “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Yehudah,” he replied, “and I’m trying to find a good place to stay a while.” (JDG 17:9)

RUTH 2:2 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB RUTH 2:2 word 13

OET-LV: 2 And_ Rūt _she/it _said the _Mōʼāⱱite_woman to Nāˊₒmī let _me _go please the_field so_that _I _may _glean among_grain behind the_one_whom I _will _find favour in_his _of_eyes and_she/it _said to/for_her/it go my _daughter _of_Oh. (RUT_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Allow me to go to the countryside and pick up any heads of grain that the harvesters drop. I’ll follow any harvester who seems kind.”
¶ “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied. (RUT 2:2)

RUTH 2:13 contextual word gloss=‘I_am_finding’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB RUTH 2:13 word 2

OET-LV: 13 And_she/it _said I _am _finding favour in_your _two’s _of_eyes my_master if/because you_have _comforted _me and_because/when you _have _spoken to the _heart _of your _maidservant _of_of and_I not I _am like_one _of your(pl)_maidservants _of_of. (RUT_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 “My lord,” she replied, “I trust that I’ll continue to please you because you’ve comforted me by speaking so kindly to me, your servant, even though I’m not like your servant girls.” (RUT 2:13)

2 SAM 15:25 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB 2 SAM 15:25 word 10

OET-LV: 25 And_he/it _said the_king to_Tsādōq take _back DOM the _box _of the_ʼElohīm the_city if I _will _find favour in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH and_he_will _bring _me _back and_he_will _show _me DOM_him/it and_DOM habitation _of_his. (SA2_15:25)

OET-RV: 25 But the king told Tsadok, “Take the sacred chest back into the city. If Yahweh favours me, then he’ll help me return, and he’ll let me see it and his place of residence again. (SA2 15:25)

2 SAM 16:4 contextual word gloss=‘may_I_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB 2 SAM 16:4 word 13

OET-LV: 4 And_he/it _said the_king to_Tsīⱱāʼ here to/for_yourself(m) all that belonged bshet and_ Tsīⱱāʼ _he/it _said I _bow _down may _I _find favour in_your _two’s _of_eyes my_master the_king. (SA2_16:4)

OET-RV: 4 “Well then,” the king told Tsiva, “everything that belonged to Mefiboshet now belongs to you.”
¶ “I’m honoured,” Tsiva responded, “that I’ve found favour in the eyes of my master the king.” (SA2 16:4)

JOB 17:10 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB JOB 17:10 word 7

OET-LV: 10 And_but of _them _of_all you(pl)_will _return and_come please and_not I _will _find among_you(pl) a _wise_person. (JOB_17:10)

OET-RV: 10 But all of them and you all may return now and come,
⇔ and I wouldn’t find a wise person among you all. (JOB 17:10)

PSA 116:3 contextual word gloss=‘I_found’ word gloss=‘found’ OSHB PSA 116:3 word 9

OET-LV: 3 They_encompassed _me the_cords _of death and_the _distresses _of Shəʼōl they_found _me trouble and_sorrow I _found. (PSA_116:3)

OET-RV: 3 The ropes of death surrounded me,
⇔ ≈ and the snares of the grave confronted me.
⇔ I was confronted by anguish and sorrow. (PSA 116:3)

PSA 132:5 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB PSA 132:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 Until I _will _find a _place to/for_YHWH dwelling _place(s) for_the _mighty _one _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ. (PSA_132:5)

OET-RV: 5 until I’ve found a place for Yahweh—
⇔ a residence for the powerful one that Yakov worshipped. (PSA 132:5)

PROV 8:12 contextual word gloss=‘I_find’ word gloss=‘find’ OSHB PROV 8:12 word 7

OET-LV: 12 I wisdom I _dwell prudence and_knowledge _of discretion I _find. (PRO_8:12)

OET-RV: 12 I, wisdom, live together with good judgement,
⇔ ≈ and I’m good at finding knowledge and discretion. (PRO 8:12)