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title: צוּר — confine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צוּר (6696), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: confine. BDB 1906: vb. confine, bind, besiege. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צוּר

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«צוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **confine** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 6696 · **BDB:** צוּר

### Glosses

he.laid.siege (5); they.laid.siege (5); \[were\].laying.siege (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

confine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6696/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. confine, bind, besiege [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6696/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. confine, bind, besiege (NH id., wrap (rare); Aramaic צוּר besiege, beleaguer);— Pf. 2 ms. וְצַרְתָּ֫ Dt 14:25, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּ֫צַר 1 K 20:1 +, 2 ms. תָּצוּר Dt 20:19, etc.; Imv. fs. צוּרִ֫י Is 21:2 (after עֲלִי Köi. 444, cf. Ges§ 72 s); Inf. cstr. לָצוּר 1 S 23:8; Pt. pl. צָרִים 1 K 15:27 +;— confine, secure (‖ I. צרר), acc. rei + ב of receptacle Dt 14:25; 2 K 5:23; Ez 5:3; complem. om. 2 K 12:11. shut in, besiege, c. עַל of city 2 S 11:1; 1 K 15:27; 16:17; 20:1; 2 K 6:24, 25; 17:5; 18:9; 24:11; Is 29:3 (+ acc. of siege-works), Je 32:2; 37:5; 39:9; Dt 20:12; Ez 4:3; Dn 1:1; c. עַל pers. (Within city) 2 S 20:15; 2 K 16:5; Je 21:4, 9; c. אֶל of city (for עַל) Dt 20:19; c. אֶל pers. 1 S 23:8; c. אֵת of city only 1 Ch 20:1 (‖ 2 S 11:1 supr.); abs. Is 21:2.—הִנָּם צָרִים אֶת־הָעִיר עָלֶיךָ Ju 9:31 is corrupt; FrankenbRichterbuch 28 Bu GFMHpt Now מְעִרִים inciting against. shut up, enclose: נָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לוּחַ אָ֑רֶז Ct 8:9 (על of maid \[under fig. of door\] + acc. mater., cf. Is 29:3 supr.); c. sf. pers. ψ 139:5 (fig., י׳ subj.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (31 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (27 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6696/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.5/)

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אָח֣וֹר וָקֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי וַתָּ֖שֶׁת עָלַ֣י כַּפֶּֽכָה׃

*Word for word:* back.part and front you enclose.me and you.have.put on me palm your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.

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[1 Kings 16:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.17/)

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וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה עָמְרִ֛י וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עִמּ֖וֹ מִֽגִּבְּת֑וֹן וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ עַל־תִּרְצָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.up Omri and all Israel with him from Gibbethon and they.laid.siege on Tirzah

*JPS 1917:* And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

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