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Hebrew wordlink #332284

OSHB Lam 2:16 מָצָאנוּ (māʦāʼnū) Strongs=4672 Lemma=‘מָצָא’
contextual word gloss=‘we_have_found’ word gloss=‘lived’
Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-588

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Other uses (5) of identical word form מָצָאנוּ (Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מָצָאנוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘we_found’, ‘we_have_found’.

GEN 26:32 contextual word gloss=‘we_have_found’ word gloss=‘found’ OSHB GEN 26:32 word 16

OET-LV: 32 And_he/it _was in _the_day (the)_that and_ the _servants _of _they _came of _Yiʦḩāq and_they _told to_him/it on the _causes _of the _well which they _had _dug and_they _said to_him/it we _have _found water. (GEN_26:32)

OET-RV: 32 That very day, Yitshak’s slaves came and updated him about the well that they had just been digging and told him, “We’ve found water.” (GEN 26:32)

GEN 37:32 contextual word gloss=‘we_have_found’ word gloss=‘found’ OSHB GEN 37:32 word 10

OET-LV: 32 And_they _sent DOM the _long _garment _of the _palms _and _soles and_they _brought_it to father _of_their and_they _said this we _have _found investigate please the _long_garment _of your _son _of_of is_it or not. (GEN_37:32)

OET-RV: 32 Then they sent the coloured robe back to their father with this message: “We found this. Please examine whether or not it’s your son’s robe.” (GEN 37:32)

GEN 44:8 contextual word gloss=‘we_found’ word gloss=‘found’ OSHB GEN 44:8 word 4

OET-LV: 8 Here silver which we _found in_the _mouth _of our _sacks _of_of we _brought _back to_you from_the _land _of Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_how will _we _steal from_the _house _of your(pl)_master(s)_of_of silver or gold. (GEN_44:8)

OET-RV: 8 Listen, we brought the silver that we found in the top of our sacks back to you from the land of Canaan. So why would we then steal silver or gold from the house of your master? (GEN 44:8)

NUM 32:5 contextual word gloss=‘we_have_found’ word gloss=‘found’ OSHB NUM 32:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 and_they _said if we _have _found favour in_your _two’s _of_eyes let _it _be _given DOM the_earth/land (the)_this to_your(pl)_of_servants to_a _possession do _not make_us _pass _over DOM the_Yardēn/(Jordan). (NUM_32:5)

OET-RV: 5 If we’ve earnt your favour, let this land be given to your servants for us to own, rather than forcing us to cross over the Yarden river with all the other tribes.” (NUM 32:5)

JOB 32:13 contextual word gloss=‘we_have_found’ word gloss=‘found’ OSHB JOB 32:13 word 3

OET-LV: 13 Lest you(pl)_should _say we _have _found wisdom god let_him _drive _him _about not a _human. (JOB_32:13)

OET-RV: 13 So don’t tell yourselves that you displayed wisdom.
⇔ It’s God who must refute him—not any person. (JOB 32:13)