1 Samuel 20:36:41 Sam.20.36.W4TAB
מְצָ֥א
metsa
“find”
- Transliteration
- me-TSA
- Extended
- meh-TSAA
- IPA
- /məˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- find
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
me-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
me-TSA NA
- clause
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO RUTS me-TSA NA et-ha-KHI-tsim a-SHER a-no-KHI mo-RE
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO RUTS me-TSA NA et-ha-KHI-tsim a-SHER a-no-KHI mo-RE ha-NA-ar RATS ve-HU-YA-ra ha-KHE-tsi le-ha-a-vi-RO
Exegesis
The coordinated imperatives ruts ū-məṣāʾ {רוּץ וּמְצָא | rūṣ ū-məṣāʾ} ‘run and find’ present a dual command.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–tsade–aleph
“to find”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:36
Then he said to the boy , “Run and find the arrows that I will shoot.” And the boy ran, and he shot an arrow beyond him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 20:36, so the Hebrew word מְצָ֥א (metsa) 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 Sam.20.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.36.W4.S1) and character.