2 Chronicles 15:4:72 Chr.15.4.W7TAB
וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א
vayimmatse
“and he was found”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-ma-TSE
- Extended
- vah-yihm-ma-TSEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jim.maːˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was found
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-yim-ma-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-ma-TSE la-HEM
- clause
va-ye-vak-SHU-hu va-yim-ma-TSE la-HEM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ba-TSAR-LO al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL va-ye-vak-SHU-hu va-yim-ma-TSE la-HEM
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect wayyebakshehu {וַיְבַקְּשֻׁהוּ | wayyǝbaqqǝšûhû} ‘and they sought Him’ highlights communal pursuit, while the Niphal imperfect wayyimmatse {וַיִּמָּצֵא | wayyimmāṣēʾ} ‘and He was found’ emphasizes divine responsiveness. This sequence presents a theological pattern: collective crisis prompts communal seeking, leading to divine finding, illustrating the synergy between human action and divine faithfulness.
Root and etymology
מ־צ־אm-ṣ-ʾ
“to find, be discovered”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:4
But in their distress they turned to the LORD , the God of Israel , and they sought Him, and He was found by them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 15:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א (vayimmatse) 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 2 Chr.15.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.4.W7.S1) and character.