Genesis 18:30:7Gen.18.30.W7TAB
יִמָּצְא֥וּן
yimmatseun
“be found”
- Transliteration
- yim-ma-tse-UN
- Extended
- yih-mah-tseh-OON
- IPA
- /jim.maː.tsəˈʔuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- be found
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
yim-ma-tse-UN
- phraseyour reading level
yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM
- clause
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE im-em-TSA SHAM she-lo-SHIM
Exegesis
The particle ulai {אוּלַי | ʾû-lay} ‘perhaps’ introduces a concessive-conditional nuance, and the Niphal imperfect yimmatse’un {יִמָּצְאוּן | yim-mā-ṣə-ʾûn} ‘they may be found’ presents the righteous as a group whose presence might emerge within the city.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem-Tsade-Aleph
“to find, encounter”
In context — Genesis 18:30
And he said, “Please, do not let Your anger burn, O Lord , and let me speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 18:30, so the Hebrew word יִמָּצְא֥וּן (yimmatseun) 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 Gen.18.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.30.W7.S1) and character.