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# מָצוּק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4690

**molten support** — used 2 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

molten support [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4690/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָצוּק²: n.m. molten support, pillar [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4690/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. molten support, pillar;—pl. cstr. מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ 1 S 2:8 the supports of the earth are י׳’s;—מָצוּק 14:5 (‘as a pillar,’ ‘steep,’ etc.) is difficult (cf. HPS); del. with 𝔊 Th Dr Bu.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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: \[the\] pillars (1); a pillar (1).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 14:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.5/#tree)

הַשֵּׁ֧ן הָאֶחָ֛ד מָצ֥וּק מִצָּפ֖וֹן מ֣וּל מִכְמָ֑שׂ וְהָאֶחָ֥ד מִנֶּ֖גֶב מ֥וּל גָּֽבַע׃ס

*Word for word:* the tooth the one a.pillar \[was\].from.\[the\] north opposite.to Micmash and the.one \[tooth\] \[was\].from.\[the\] south opposite.to Geba

*JPS 1917:* The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

[1 Samuel 2:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.8/#tree)

מֵקִ֨ים מֵעָפָ֜ר דָּ֗ל מֵֽאַשְׁפֹּת֙ יָרִ֣ים אֶבְי֔וֹן לְהוֹשִׁיב֙ עִם־נְדִיבִ֔ים וְכִסֵּ֥א כָב֖וֹד יַנְחִלֵ֑ם כִּ֤י לַֽיהוָה֙ מְצֻ֣קֵי אֶ֔רֶץ וַיָּ֥שֶׁת עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם תֵּבֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].raising.up from.\[the\] dust \[the\].poor from.\[the\] ash.heap he.lifts.up \[the\].needy to cause.\[them\].to.dwell with noble.\[people\] and a.throne of.honor he makes.them.inherit (dm) \[belong\].to Yahweh \[the\].pillars of.\[the\].earth and he.set on them \[the\].world

*JPS 1917:* He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dung-hill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory; for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and He hath set the world upon them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4690.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4690/): 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).