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# מְצוּרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4694

**siege-works** — used 8 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

siege-works [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4694/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְצוּרָה: n.f. siege-works, rampart [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4694/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. siege-works, rampart;—abs. מ׳ Na 2:2 2 Ch 14:5; pl. מְצוּרוֹת 2 Ch 11:11 +, מְצֻרֹת Is 29:3, etc.;— siege-works Is 29:3. rampart נָצוֹר מ׳ Na 2:2 guard the rampart! (‖ צַפֵּה דֶרֶךְ; We Now der. from נצר, i.e. keep watch!), 2 Ch 11:11, עָרֵי מְצוּרָה 14:5 fortified cities, so עָרֵי (הַ)מְצֻרוֹת 11:10, 23; 12:4; 21:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: fortifications (4); of fortifications (2); \[the\] fortification (1).

## In the verses

[2 Chronicles 12:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.12.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.12.4/#tree)

וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד אֶת־עָרֵ֥י הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֖א עַד־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.captured (et) the.cities of.(the) fortifications which \[belonged\].to Judah and he.came to Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

[Nahum 2:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.2/#tree)

עָלָ֥ה מֵפִ֛יץ עַל־פָּנַ֖יִךְ נָצ֣וֹר מְצֻרָ֑ה צַפֵּה־דֶ֙רֶךְ֙ חַזֵּ֣ק מָתְנַ֔יִם אַמֵּ֥ץ כֹּ֖חַ מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* he.has.come.up \[one.who\].scatters on face your guard \[the\].fortification watch \[the\].road strengthen \[the\].loins make.strong strength exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* A maul is come up before thy face; guard the defences, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily! —

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4694/): 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).