מצא

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מֹץ, מֹצָא,v. מֹוץ, מוֹצָא.

מָצָא, מְצָא,v. מצי I.

מצי, מָצָא(b. h.; cmp. מְטֵי) to reach; to find. B. Mets.I, 1 אני מְצָאתִיהָ I found it. Ib. 2a הואי אמינא מאי מצאתיה ראיתיהוכ׳ I might have thought ‘I found it meant ‘I discovered it, although he had not taken it up Ib., a. e. וּמְצָאתָהּ דאתאי ליריהוכ׳ ‘and which thou hast found (Deut. 22:3) means that it came into his possession. Gitt.IX, 10 מ׳ בה דבר ערוה he discovered in her something disgraceful (infidelity); מ׳ אחרתוכ׳ he found another woman handsomer than she; a. fr.מה מָצִינוּ ב־ … אףוכ׳ what do we find with regard to? So also, i. e. as in the case of, so Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 מה מצינו בהקטרה … אף מליקהוכ׳ as when burning (the sacrifice on the altar) the head is separated from the trunk, so when pinching the neck of the bird the head must be severed ; a. fr.Part. pass. מָצוּי, f. מְצוּיָה; pl. מְצוּיִין; מְצוּיוֹת accessible, frequent; likely. Arakh.30b ומצא פרט למ׳ ‘and he find the means (Lev. 25:26), this excludes the case of the means being accessible, i. e. of one who had the means at the time being. B. Mets.27a (ref. to Deut. 22:3, v. supra) מי שאבודה הימנו ומ׳ אצלוכ׳ that which is lost to him but accessible to any body else; אבורה הומנו ואינה מ׳ אצלוכ׳ lost to him and inaccessible to every one else (e. g. swept away by a flood). Sabb.151b שאתה מוֹצֵא ומ׳ לךוכ׳ עשה עד do good while thou findest (an opportunity), and it is possible to thee (thou hast the means), and thou art yet in thy own power (possessest thy faculties). Snh.86a כי ימצא פרט למ׳ ‘if one be found stealing (Deut. 24:7), this excludes the case when the abducted and sold person was in his power (his own child). Ib. כמצויין בידו דמי the case is to be judged as if they (the children) had been in his possession. Gen. R. s. 85 השטר מ׳ להגבות the note can be produced for collection, i. e. evidence can be found against us. Gitt.2b אין עדים מ׳ לקיימו no witnesses are to be had to identify it. B. Mets.18a במקום שהשיירות מ׳ where caravans pass frequently. Esth. R. to I, 1, v. דִּידְכֵי. Ib. (ref. to Ps. 21:9) תהא ידך מ׳ ליפרע מאזיביך thou shalt have the opportunity of punishing thy enemies. B. Kam.4a הזיקה מ׳ the damage through it is frequent. Ib. 60a רוח מ׳ an ordinary wind, רוח שאינה מ׳ an extraordinary wind; a. v. fr. Nif. נִמְצָא to be found. Gen. R. s. 85 שנִמְצְאוּ בגניבה who are caught at a theft; a. fr.Esp. to turn out, to follow, to result. Ḥull.I, 4 נ׳ כשרוכ׳ the result is, what is legal in slaughtering is illegal in pinching. Pes.25b ונ׳ למד, v. לָמֵד II. Sifré Deut. 210 נִמְצִּינוּ למדים from which we can consequently derive.Y.Pes.V, beg.31c, a. fr. נִמְצֵאתָ אומר thou turnest out saying, i. e. the result is, consequently.אם תִּימָּצֵי (תִּמָּצֵא) לומר (abbr. את״ל) if you will say. Gitt.82b אם תמצא לומר איתאוכ׳ if you will adopt the opinion of Sabb.136a את״ל פליגיוכ׳ if you assume that they differ ; a. fr.Tosef.Ohol.IV, 12 כשתמצא לומרוכ׳ if you assume Hif. הִמְצִיא to furnish, provide with. Gen. R. l. c. נאבדו וה׳ הקב״הוכ׳ they (the tokens) had been lost, and the Lord provided others instead. Ḥag.5a (ref. to תמצאן, Deut. 31:21) עבד שרבו מַמְצִיאוכ׳ what remedy is there for a slave for whom his master invents evils and troubles? Ib. הממציא לו מעות לעניוכ׳ he who is ready to furnish the means (of bis delivery) to the poor man in distress (by which the persecutors greed is increased); (Rashi: he who has money ready for the poor man in extreme distress, instead of helping him to a livelihood in due time). Arakh.30b (ref. to Deut. 19:5) ומצא פרט לממציא את עצמו ‘and it strikes, this excludes the case of one who brings himself within the range of the missile (after it is started); Macc.8a; a. e.