how to say “a finding” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ממצא-#.m4a” /]מִמְצָא

The Hebrew word למצוא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ממצא-#.m4a” /], a simple פעל verb, means to find.

That which is found or discovered – a finding – is ממצא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ממצא-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ממצא-#.m4a” /]בזכות החפירות התגלו בירושלים ממצאים עוצרי נשימה.

Thanks to the digs, breathtaking findings were discovered in Jerusalem.

Note that ממצא is different from מציאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ממצא-#.m4a” /] – the act of finding (also something found out, often to be a really good deal).

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