H4692

מָצוֹר

ma.tsorH:N-M

siege

1) siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works 1a) siege 1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מָצוֺר noun [masculine] siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment; — always ׳מ absolute, except construct מְצוֺר Ezek 4:7 suffix מְצוּרֶ֑ךָ vEzek 4:8 —

1. siege שָׂם עָלֵינוּ ׳מ Mic 4:14 he hath laid siege to us, compare ׳וְנָתַתָּ֫ עָלֶיהָ מ Ezek 4:2 ׳בּוֺא בַמּ is come into a state of siege Deut 20:19; 2Kgs 24:10; 2Kgs 25:2; Jer 52:5, compare ׳וְהָֽיְתָה בַמּ Ezek 4:3 ׳יוֺשֶׁבֶת֯י בַּמּ Jer 10:17 ׳מְצוֺר יְרו Ezek 4:7 siege of Jerusalem, but also ׳עַליְֿרו׳מ Zech 12:2 ׳יְמֵי מ of duration of siege Ezek 4:8; Ezek 5:2 ׳מֵי מ Nah 3:14 water for a siege; in phrase וּבְמָצוֺק ׳בְּמ in the siege and stress Deut 28:53; Deut 28:55; Deut 28:57; Jer 19:9.
2. enclosure, i.e. siege-works Deut 20:20 late = ram-part Zech 9:3, ׳עִיר מ entrenched city Ps 31:22 (al. besieged), Ps 60:11 (|| Ps 108:11 מִבְצָר ׳ע), compare 2Chr 8:5 ׳עָרִים לְמ 2Chr 11:5, בִּירוּשָׁלַם ׳ישְׁבִים בְּמ 2Chr 32:10 ׳מ Hab 2:1 according to most (|| מִשְׁמֶרֶת); but We derives from נצר, i.e. watch-tower, Now conjectures מִצְפֶּה (compare וַאֲצַפֶּה following); > Buhl conjectures ֯׃מְצָד ׳מ proper name, of a territory.


19 occurrences

Deuteronomy (4), II Kings (1), II Chronicles (3), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (5), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (2)