checked and found
Conducted an inquiry and discovered.
("That one may rescue the dead from a fire... Our rabbis taught: How far must one check? Up to his nose, and some say: Up to his heart. If he checked and found those above dead, he must not say: Those below are already dead. There was an incident where they found those above dead and those below alive" – Yoma 85a, and likewise: "The doctor checked them and found that they were all healthy and whole and all could travel to America" – Sholem Aleichem / The Wonders of Antwerp, 172)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּדַק וּמָצָא
Definition (Hebrew)
עָשָׂה בֵּרוּר וְגִילָּה.
("שֶׁמַּצִּילִין אֶת הַמֵּת מִפְּנֵי הַדְּלֵקָה... תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: עַד הֵיכָן הוּא בוֹדֵק? עַד חֻטְמוֹ, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: עַד לִבּוֹ. בָּדַק וּמָצָא עֶלְיוֹנִים מֵתִים - לֹא יֹאמַר: כְּבָר מֵתוּ הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים. מַעֲשֶׂה הָיָה, וּמָצְאוּ עֶלְיוֹנִים מֵתִים וְתַחְתּוֹנִים חַיִּים"- יוֹמָא פ״ה ע"א, וְכֵן:"בָּדַק אוֹתָם הָרוֹפֵא וּמָצָא, כִּי כֻּלָּם בְּרִיאִים וּשְׁלֵמִים וְכֻּלָּם יְכוֹלִים לִנְסֹעַ לְאַמֶּרִיקָה"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ פִּלְאֵי אַנְטְוֶורְפֶּן, קע"ב)