Judges 17:8:9Judg.17.8.W9TAB
יִמְצָ֑א
yimtsa
“he might find”
- Transliteration
- yim-TSA
- Extended
- yihm-TSAA
- IPA
- /jimˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he might find
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 | |
| 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
yim-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
ba-a-SHER yim-TSA
- clause
va-ye-LEKH ha-i-SH me-ha-IR mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA la-GUR ba-a-SHER yim-TSA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH ha-i-SH me-ha-IR mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA la-GUR ba-a-SHER yim-TSA va-ya-VO har-e-fra-YIM ad-BET mi-KHA la-a-SOT dar-KO
Exegesis
The infinitival purpose clause lagur ba’asher yimtza {לָג֖וּר בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יִמְצָ֑א | lāgūr ba’ašer yimṣā’} ‘to sojourn where he will find’ expresses intent.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–tsade–aleph
“to find”
In context — Judges 17:8
And the man went from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn wherever he might find, and as he went on his way he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 17:8, so the Hebrew word יִמְצָ֑א (yimtsa) 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 Judg.17.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.8.W9.S1) and character.