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title: מָצוּק — molten support · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָצוּק (4690), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: molten support. BDB 1906: n.m. molten support, pillar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָצוּק

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«מָצוּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **molten support** — 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:** 4690 · **BDB:** מָצוּק²

### Glosses

\[the\].pillars (1); a.pillar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

molten support [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4690/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. molten support, pillar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4690/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. molten support, pillar;—pl. cstr. מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ 1 S 2:8 the supports of the earth are י׳’s;—מָצוּק 14:5 (‘as a pillar,’ ‘steep,’ etc.) is difficult (cf. HPS); del. with 𝔊 Th Dr Bu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָצוּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4690/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.5/)

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הַשֵּׁ֧ן הָאֶחָ֛ד מָצ֥וּק מִצָּפ֖וֹן מ֣וּל מִכְמָ֑שׂ וְהָאֶחָ֥ד מִנֶּ֖גֶב מ֥וּל גָּֽבַע׃ס

*Word for word:* the tooth the one a.pillar \[was\].from.\[the\] north opposite.to Micmash and the.one \[tooth\] \[was\].from.\[the\] south opposite.to Geba

*JPS 1917:* The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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[1 Samuel 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.8/)

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מֵקִ֨ים מֵעָפָ֜ר דָּ֗ל מֵֽאַשְׁפֹּת֙ יָרִ֣ים אֶבְי֔וֹן לְהוֹשִׁיב֙ עִם־נְדִיבִ֔ים וְכִסֵּ֥א כָב֖וֹד יַנְחִלֵ֑ם כִּ֤י לַֽיהוָה֙ מְצֻ֣קֵי אֶ֔רֶץ וַיָּ֥שֶׁת עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם תֵּבֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].raising.up from.\[the\] dust \[the\].poor from.\[the\] ash.heap he.lifts.up \[the\].needy to cause.\[them\].to.dwell with noble.\[people\] and a.throne of.honor he makes.them.inherit (dm) \[belong\].to Yahweh \[the\].pillars of.\[the\].earth and he.set on them \[the\].world

*JPS 1917:* He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dung-hill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory; for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and He hath set the world upon them.

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