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title: מַעְצוֹר — restraint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעְצוֹר (4622), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: restraint. BDB 1906: restraint, hindrance. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעְצוֹר

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«מַעְצוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **restraint** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4622 · **BDB:** מַעְצוֹר²

### Glosses

limitation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

restraint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4622/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

restraint, hindrance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4622/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] restraint, hindrance;—מ׳ 1 S 14:6 sq. inf., י׳ has no hindrance in delivering.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעְצוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4622/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 14:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.6/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן אֶל־הַנַּ֣עַר ׀ נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵלָ֗יו לְכָה֙ וְנַעְבְּרָ֗ה אֶל־מַצַּב֙ הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אוּלַ֛י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לָ֑נוּ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין לַֽיהוָה֙ מַעְצ֔וֹר לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ בְּרַ֖ב א֥וֹ בִמְעָֽט׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jonathan to the.young man the.bearer his.armor(s) his come and let.us.pass.over to the.garrison of the.uncircumcised.\[men\] (the) these perhaps he.will.act Yahweh for us (dm) there.\[is\].not for Yahweh limitation to save by many or by few

*JPS 1917:* And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.'

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