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# found

«found» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the past of "find": "I found my keys."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past and past participle of find: found); verb (found, founds, founded, founding — to start)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Found is the past of "find": "I found my keys." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#m1)

2) To found something is to start or set up an organisation, school, city or company: "She founded a charity." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#m2)

3) "Found" as an adjective means something that was lost and is found: "Lost and found". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#m3)

4) "Be found to be" (formal) means turned out to be after checking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the sense of "founded," it means set up or begun, as the land of Egypt was founded. Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah the word means God laid down the base for creation, the "foundation." In the primary lessons: In stories "found" is everywhere: someone lost something and found it, or found a clue. In history, people founded towns, schools and churches; the person is the founder. Lost-property boxes at school are labelled "lost and found". Phrases: found out (discovered the truth), found it, lost and found, founded by.

### examples

- Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. (Torah EXO.9.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x1)
- See also SY 5:4, where God simply יָסַד yasad 'founded', with no overt object.] in Thirty-Two [note 4: The number 32 represents the sum of the 10 Sefirot Belimah and 22 Letters of Foundation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x2)
- The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens. (Writings PRO.3.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x3)
- For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. (Writings PSA.24.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x4)
- Of old have I known from Thy testimonies that Thou hast founded them for ever. (Writings PSA.119.152, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x5)
- I found a pound coin under the sofa! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x6)
- We found out who ate the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x7)
- Saint Columba founded a monastery on Iona. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x8)
- The school was founded by a group of nuns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x9)
- Check the lost and found box for your jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x10)
- The answer was found to be correct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x11)
- Holberg, Denmark's Moliere, founded here an academy for the sons of the nobles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x12)

### note

Two verbs share this spelling: find → found → found (irregular), and found → founded → founded (regular, "to start"). Trap: "founded" is NOT the past of find. "Find out" (discover) → "found out".

### In the corpora

- [But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.156/)
- [Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.477/)
- [And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.745/)
- [And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.752/)
- [And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.900/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «found» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.