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title: מַעְצֹור — restraint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעְצֹור (4623), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: restraint. BDB 1906: restraint, control. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעְצֹור

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«מַעְצֹור» 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:** 4623 · **BDB:** מַעְצָר

### Glosses

control (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

restraint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4623/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

restraint, control [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4623/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] restraint, control;—מ׳ Pr 25:28 a man whose spirit is without control.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעְצֹור» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4623/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.28/)

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עִ֣יר פְּ֭רוּצָה אֵ֣ין חוֹמָ֑ה אִ֝֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵ֖ין מַעְצָ֣ר לְרוּחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* a.city broken.into there.\[is\].not a.wall a.person whom there.\[is\].not control for spirit his

*JPS 1917:* Like a city broken down and without a wall, so is he whose spirit is without restraint.

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