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# מְצוּדָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4686

**net** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

net [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4686/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְצוּדָה: n.f. net, prey [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4686/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. net, prey;—abs. מ׳ Ez 13:21 ψ 66:11; sf. מְצוּדָתִי Ez 12:13; 17:20;— net, in fig. of י׳’s judgment, Ez 12:13; 17:20 (both ‖ רֶשֶׁת), ψ 66:11. prey Ez 13:21 (fig.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: my hunting (2); prey (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 13:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.21/#tree)

וְקָרַעְתִּ֞י אֶת־מִסְפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤י אֶת־עַמִּי֙ מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ן וְלֹֽא־יִהְי֥וּ ע֛וֹד בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ן לִמְצוּדָ֑ה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ן כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.tear.away (et) veils your.long and I.will.deliver (et) people my from hand your and not they.will.become again in hand your (into) prey and you.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Your pads also will I tear, and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

[Ezekiel 17:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.20/#tree)

וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤י עָלָיו֙ רִשְׁתִּ֔י וְנִתְפַּ֖שׂ בִּמְצֽוּדָתִ֑י וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֣יהוּ בָבֶ֗לָה וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֤י אִתּוֹ֙ שָׁ֔ם מַעֲל֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָֽעַל־בִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.spread over him net my and he.will.be.caught in my.hunting net and I will.bring.him to Babylon and I.will.enter.into.judgment with him there unfaithfulness his which he.has.acted.unfaithfully against me

*JPS 1917:* And I will spread My net upon him, and he shall be taken in My snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his treachery that he hath committed against Me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4686.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4686/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).