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title: מָצֹוד — hunting implement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָצֹוד (4685), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hunting implement. BDB 1906: hunting implement net). With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָצֹוד

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«מָצֹוד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hunting implement** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4685 · **BDB:** מָצוֹד³

### Glosses

\[is\].snares (1); net (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hunting implement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4685/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hunting implement net) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4685/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hunting implement, specif. net (cf. Syriac ܡܨܺܝܕܬܳܐ, 𝔗 מְצַדְתָּא, net);— only fig.: cstr. מְצוֹד רָעִים Pr 12:12 (but text dub., v. conj. in Toy); sf. מְצוּדוֹ Jb 19:6 (of God as Job’s hunter); pl. מְצוֹדִים וַחֲרָמִים לִבָּהּ Ec 7:26 (of woman).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָצֹוד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4685/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.6/)

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דְּֽעוּ־אֵ֭פוֹ כִּי־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עִוְּתָ֑נִי וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ עָלַ֥י הִקִּֽיף׃

*Word for word:* know then (dm).that God he has.subverted.me and net his over me he.has.closed

*JPS 1917:* Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.

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[Ecclesiastes 7:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.26/)

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וּמוֹצֶ֨א אֲנִ֜י מַ֣ר מִמָּ֗וֶת אֶת־הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ אֲשֶׁר־הִ֨יא מְצוֹדִ֧ים וַחֲרָמִ֛ים לִבָּ֖הּ אֲסוּרִ֣ים יָדֶ֑יהָ ט֞וֹב לִפְנֵ֤י הָאֱלֹהִים֙ יִמָּלֵ֣ט מִמֶּ֔נָּה וְחוֹטֵ֖א יִלָּ֥כֶד בָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and.\[was\] finding I bitter more than.death (et) the woman who she \[is\].snares and.\[is\] nets heart her \[are\].fetters hands her a.\[person\].good before (the) God he.escapes from her and a.sinner he.is.captured by her

*JPS 1917:* and I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands; whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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