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title: מְצוּדָה — net · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְצוּדָה (4686), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: net. BDB 1906: n.f. net, prey. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְצוּדָה

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«מְצוּדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **net** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4686 · **BDB:** מְצוּדָה

### Glosses

my.hunting (2); prey (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4686/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. net, prey [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4686/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. net, prey;—abs. מ׳ Ez 13:21 ψ 66:11; sf. מְצוּדָתִי Ez 12:13; 17:20;— net, in fig. of י׳’s judgment, Ez 12:13; 17:20 (both ‖ רֶשֶׁת), ψ 66:11. prey Ez 13:21 (fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְצוּדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4686/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.21/)

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וְקָרַעְתִּ֞י אֶת־מִסְפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤י אֶת־עַמִּי֙ מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ן וְלֹֽא־יִהְי֥וּ ע֛וֹד בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ן לִמְצוּדָ֑ה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ן כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.tear.away (et) veils your.long and I.will.deliver (et) people my from hand your and not they.will.become again in hand your (into) prey and you.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Your pads also will I tear, and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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[Ezekiel 17:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.20/)

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וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤י עָלָיו֙ רִשְׁתִּ֔י וְנִתְפַּ֖שׂ בִּמְצֽוּדָתִ֑י וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֣יהוּ בָבֶ֗לָה וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֤י אִתּוֹ֙ שָׁ֔ם מַעֲל֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָֽעַל־בִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.spread over him net my and he.will.be.caught in my.hunting net and I will.bring.him to Babylon and I.will.enter.into.judgment with him there unfaithfulness his which he.has.acted.unfaithfully against me

*JPS 1917:* And I will spread My net upon him, and he shall be taken in My snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his treachery that he hath committed against Me.

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