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# מָצוֹר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4692

**siege-enclosure** — used 20 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-enclosure [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4692/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָצוֹר⁴: siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment; n.pr.terr. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4692/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment;—always מ׳ abs., exc. cstr. מְצוֹר Ez 4:7, sf. מְצוּרֶ֑ךָ v 8;— siege מ׳ שָׂם עָלֵינוּ Mi 4:14 he hath laid siege to us, cf. וְנָתַתָּ֫ עָלֶיהָ מ׳ Ez 4:2; בּוֹא בַמּ׳ is come into a state of siege Dt 20:19; 2 K 24:10; 25:2; Je 52:5, cf. וְהָֽיְתָה בַמּ׳ Ez 4:3; יוֹשֶׁבֶת֯י בַּמּ׳ Je 10:17; מְצוֹר יְרו׳ Ez 4:7 siege of Jerus., but also מ׳ עַל־יְרו׳ Zc 12:2; יְמֵי מ׳ of duration of siege Ez 4:8; 5:2; מֵי מ׳ Na 3:14 water for a siege; in phr. בְּמ׳ וּבְמָצוֹק in the siege and stress Dt 28:53, 55, 57 Je 19:9. enclosure, i.e. siege-works Dt 20:20; late = rampart Zc 9:3, עִיר מ׳ entrenched city ψ 31:22 (al. besieged), 60:11 (‖ 108:11 ע׳מִבְצָר), cf. 2 Ch 8:5; עָרִים לְמ׳ 11:5, ישְׁבִים בְּמ׳ בִּירוּשָׁלַם 32:10; מ׳ Hb 2:1 according to most (‖ מִשְׁמֶרֶת); but We der. from נצר, i.e. watch-tower, Now conj. מִצְפֶּה (cf. וַאֲצַפֶּה foll.); \> Buhl conj. מְצָד—מ׳ n.pr.terr. v. p. 596.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of siege (7); siege (7); a siege (2).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 10:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.17/#tree)

אִסְפִּ֥י מֵאֶ֖רֶץ כִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְ יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ס

*Word for word:* gather.up from.\[the\] ground bundle your O.\[you.who\].dwell in the siege

*JPS 1917:* Gather up thy wares from the ground, O thou that abidest in the siege.

[Psalms 31:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.31.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.31.22/#tree)

בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֥י הִפְלִ֘יא חַסְדּ֥וֹ לִ֝י֗ בְּעִ֣יר מָצֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* \[be\].blessed Yahweh (dm) he.has.made.wonderful loyalty his.covenant to me in a.city of.siege

*JPS 1917:* Blessed be the LORD; for He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4692.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4692/): 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).