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title: מִבְצָר — fortification · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִבְצָר (4013), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: fortification. BDB 1906: n.m. fortification. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִבְצָר

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«מִבְצָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fortification** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 36 times · **Key:** 4013 · **BDB:** מִבְצָר

### Glosses

of.fortification (11); fortification (5); fortifications (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fortification [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4013/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fortification [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4013/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 17:3 fortification—מִבְצָר Nu 32:17 + 18 times; cstr. מִבְצַר Jos 19:29 + 2 times; pl. מִבְצָרִים Nu 13:19 Dn 11:24; מִבְצָרוֹת Dn 11:15; מִבְצְרֵי La 2:2 Dn 11:39; sf. מִבְצָרֶיךָ Ho 10:14 + 2 times; מִבְצָרַיִךְ Na 3:12; מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ v 14 Je 48:18; מִבְצָרָיו ψ 89:41 La 2:5; מִבְצָרֶיהָ Is 34:13; מִבְצְרֵיהֶם 2 K 8:12;—fortification, especially in phrase (המ׳) מ׳ (ערי) עיר = fortified city Nu 32:17, 36 Jos 10:20; 19:29, 35 1 S 6:18 2 K 3:19; 10:2; 17:9; 18:8 Je 4:5; 5:17; 8:14; 34:7 ψ 108:11 (עיר מ׳ = עיר מָצוֹר ψ 60:11), 2 Ch 17:19 Dn 11:15 (מ׳ in this connexion sing. except Je 5:17 \& Dn 11:15 (מבצרות)); Je 1:18 fig. of prophet, so without עיר Je 6:27; fortress, stronghold, lit. without עיר etc. Nu 13:19 2 K 8:12 Je 48:18 Is 17:3; 25:12 (מ׳ משׁגב חומתיך) 34:13) (‖ארמנת), La 2:2, 5 (‖ id.) ψ 89:41 Ho 10:14 Am 5:9 Mi 5:10 Na 3:12, 14 Hb 1:10 Dn 11:24, 39; sq.n.pr. מ׳ צֹר 2 S 24:7 (cf. Jos 19:29 עיר מ׳ צֹר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִבְצָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4013/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.41/)

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פָּרַ֥צְתָּ כָל־גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יו שַׂ֖מְתָּ מִבְצָרָ֣יו מְחִתָּה׃

*Word for word:* you.have.broken.through all walls his you.have.made strongholds his a.ruin

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

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[Psalms 108:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.108.11/)

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מִ֣י יֹ֭בִלֵנִי עִ֣יר מִבְצָ֑ר מִ֖י נָחַ֣נִי עַד־אֱדֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* who? will he.bring.me a.city of.fortification who? has he.led.me to Edom

*JPS 1917:* Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom?

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