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title: מַצָּב — standing-place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַצָּב (4673), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: standing-place. BDB 1906: n.m. standing-place, station, garrison. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַצָּב

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«מַצָּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **standing-place** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 4673 · **BDB:** מַצָּב²

### Glosses

the.garrison (5); the.standing-place (2); a.garrison (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

standing-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4673/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. standing-place, station, garrison [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4673/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 13:23 standing-place, station, garrison;—מ׳ abs. 1 S 14:15, cstr. מַצַּב Jos 4:3, 9 + (Baer in Sm מַצָּב, cf. on 1 S 13:23, but v. Ginsb); sf. מַצָּבֶ֑ךָ Is 22:19;— standing-place of feet Jos 4:3, 9 (JE). station, office Is 22:19 (‖ מַעֲמָד). garrison, post, or outpost (of Philistines) 1 S 13:23; 14:1, 4, 6, 11, 15; 2 S 23:14; so read also 1 S 14:12 (for MT מַצָּבָה) 𝔊 Th We Bu HPS.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַצָּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4673/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 13:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.13.23/)

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וַיֵּצֵא֙ מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אֶֽל־מַעֲבַ֖ר מִכְמָֽשׂ׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.came.out the.garrison of.\[the\].Philistines to the.pass of.Micmash

*JPS 1917:* And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.

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[Isaiah 22:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.19/)

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וַהֲדַפְתִּ֖יךָ מִמַּצָּבֶ֑ךָ וּמִמַּעֲמָֽדְךָ֖ יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and I will.drive.you from office your and from position your he will.tear.you.down

*JPS 1917:* And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.

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