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title: מִבְצָר — fortification · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִבְצָר (lemma:מִבְצָר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: fortification. BDB 1906: n.m. fortification. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִבְצָר

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«מִבְצָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fortification** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מִבְצָר · **BDB:** מִבְצָר

### Glosses

fortification (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fortification [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5d1_5b0_5e6_5b8_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fortification [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5d1_5b0_5e6_5b8_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 17:3 fortification—מִבְצָר Nu 32:17 + 18 times; cstr. מִבְצַר Jos 19:29 + 2 times; pl. מִבְצָרִים Nu 13:19 Dn 11:24; מִבְצָרוֹת Dn 11:15; מִבְצְרֵי La 2:2 Dn 11:39; sf. מִבְצָרֶיךָ Ho 10:14 + 2 times; מִבְצָרַיִךְ Na 3:12; מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ v 14 Je 48:18; מִבְצָרָיו ψ 89:41 La 2:5; מִבְצָרֶיהָ Is 34:13; מִבְצְרֵיהֶם 2 K 8:12;—fortification, especially in phrase (המ׳) מ׳ (ערי) עיר = fortified city Nu 32:17, 36 Jos 10:20; 19:29, 35 1 S 6:18 2 K 3:19; 10:2; 17:9; 18:8 Je 4:5; 5:17; 8:14; 34:7 ψ 108:11 (עיר מ׳ = עיר מָצוֹר ψ 60:11), 2 Ch 17:19 Dn 11:15 (מ׳ in this connexion sing. except Je 5:17 \& Dn 11:15 (מבצרות)); Je 1:18 fig. of prophet, so without עיר Je 6:27; fortress, stronghold, lit. without עיר etc. Nu 13:19 2 K 8:12 Je 48:18 Is 17:3; 25:12 (מ׳ משׁגב חומתיך) 34:13) (‖ארמנת), La 2:2, 5 (‖ id.) ψ 89:41 Ho 10:14 Am 5:9 Mi 5:10 Na 3:12, 14 Hb 1:10 Dn 11:24, 39; sq.n.pr. מ׳ צֹר 2 S 24:7 (cf. Jos 19:29 עיר מ׳ צֹר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִבְצָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5d1_5b0_5e6_5b8_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 6:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.27/)

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בָּח֛וֹן נְתַתִּ֥יךָ בְעַמִּ֖י מִבְצָ֑ר וְתֵדַ֕ע וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ אֶת־דַּרְכָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* an.assayer I have.made.you among people my fortification and you.will.observe and you.will.test (et) conduct their

*JPS 1917:* I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

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