Hebrew · H3605, H4672

בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִמָּצֵא לוֹ

Properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) · properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist ; transitively, to attain , i.e. find or acquire ; figuratively, to occur , meet or be present

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כֹּל H3605 properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
Pronunciation kōl
Encompasses totality from singular form—"the whole" as foundational sense enabling distributive "every" and collective "all" meanings.
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מָצָא H4672 properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist ; transitively, to attain , i.e. find or acquire ; figuratively, to occur , meet or be present
Pronunciation māṣāʾ
From existence or appearance to discovery: finding what comes forth or becomes present to the seeker.
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What does בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִמָּצֵא לוֹ (bekhol asher yimmatse lo) mean in the Bible?

כֹּל · מָצָא is a Hebrew phrase meaning "properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)".

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Meaning

properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
Word Origins

בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִמָּצֵא לוֹ is built from this root:

כָּלַל H3634
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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