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title: מְצוּרָה — siege-works · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְצוּרָה (4694), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: siege-works. BDB 1906: n.f. siege-works, rampart. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְצוּרָה

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«מְצוּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **siege-works** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4694 · **BDB:** מְצוּרָה

### Glosses

fortifications (4); of.fortifications (2); \[the\].fortification (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

siege-works [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4694/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. siege-works, rampart [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4694/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. siege-works, rampart;—abs. מ׳ Na 2:2 2 Ch 14:5; pl. מְצוּרוֹת 2 Ch 11:11 +, מְצֻרֹת Is 29:3, etc.;— siege-works Is 29:3. rampart נָצוֹר מ׳ Na 2:2 guard the rampart! (‖ צַפֵּה דֶרֶךְ; We Now der. from נצר, i.e. keep watch!), 2 Ch 11:11, עָרֵי מְצוּרָה 14:5 fortified cities, so עָרֵי (הַ)מְצֻרוֹת 11:10, 23; 12:4; 21:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְצוּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4694/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.12.4/)

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וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד אֶת־עָרֵ֥י הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֖א עַד־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.captured (et) the.cities of.(the) fortifications which \[belonged\].to Judah and he.came to Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

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[Nahum 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.2/)

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עָלָ֥ה מֵפִ֛יץ עַל־פָּנַ֖יִךְ נָצ֣וֹר מְצֻרָ֑ה צַפֵּה־דֶ֙רֶךְ֙ חַזֵּ֣ק מָתְנַ֔יִם אַמֵּ֥ץ כֹּ֖חַ מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* he.has.come.up \[one.who\].scatters on face your guard \[the\].fortification watch \[the\].road strengthen \[the\].loins make.strong strength exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* A maul is come up before thy face; guard the defences, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily! —

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