1 Kings 18:5:111 Kgs.18.5.W11TAB
נִמְצָ֣א
nimtsa
“we may find”
- Transliteration
- nim-TSA
- Extended
- nihm-TSAA
- IPA
- /nimˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we may find
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nim-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
u-LAI nim-TSA kha-TSIR
- clause
u-LAI nim-TSA kha-TSIR u-ne-kha-YE SUS va-FE-red ve-LO na-khe-RIT me-ha-be-he-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-khA-v el-o-va-de-YA-hu LEKH ba-A-rets el-kol-ma-ye-NE ha-ma-YIM ve-EL kol-ha-ne-kha-LIM u-LAI nim-TSA kha-TSIR u-ne-kha-YE SUS va-FE-red ve-LO na-khe-RIT me-ha-be-he-MA
Exegesis
The particle ʾûlay {אוּלַ֣י | ʾûlay} signals uncertainty, leading into the cohortative Niphal nimṣāʾ {נִמְצָ֣א | nimṣāʾ} “we may find.”
Root and etymology
מ־צ־אm-ṣ-ʾ
“to find”
In context — 1 Kings 18:5
And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the streams. Perhaps we may find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to destroy any livestock .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 18:5, so the Hebrew word נִמְצָ֣א (nimtsa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.18.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.5.W11.S1) and character.