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OSHB Amos 5:9 מִבְצָר (miⱱʦār) Strongs=4013 Lemma=‘מִבְצָר’
contextual word gloss=‘a_fortress’ word gloss=‘fortress’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-787 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Amos

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Other uses (13) of identical word form מִבְצָר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מִבְצָר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘a_fortress’, ‘fortification’, ‘fortress’.

NUM 32:36 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB NUM 32:36 word 8

OET-LV: 36 And_DOM Bēyt Nimrāh and_DOM Bēyt Nimrāh cities _of fortification and_folds _of sheep. (NUM_32:36)

OET-RV: 36 Beyt-Nimrah, and Beyt-Haran—all fortified cities with pens for their flocks. (NUM 32:36)

JOS 19:35 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB JOS 19:35 word 2

OET-LV: 35 And_the_cities _of fortification are_(the)_Ziddim Zer and_Ḩammat Rakkath and_Kinₐrōt. (JOS_19:35)

OET-RV: 35 The fortified cities were Tsiddim, Tser, Hammat, Rakkat, Kinneret, (JOS 19:35)

1 SAM 6:18 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB 1 SAM 6:18 word 10

OET-LV: 18 and_the _mice _of the_gold the _number _of all _of the _cities _of belonging_to_the_Fəlishtiy of_the _five _of the_rulers from_a _city _of fortification and_unto (the)_village[s]_of the _hamlet-dweller[s] and_unto ʼĀⱱēl the_great which they _set _down on/upon_it(f) DOM the _box _of YHWH until the_day the_this in_the _field _of Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the Bēyt. (SA1_6:18)

OET-RV: 18 And the gold mice were from the number of all the Philistine cities under the five rulers, including fortified cities as well as the villages in the open country, and as far as the large stone that they sat Yahweh’s box on. (It’s still in Yehoshua’s field in Beyt-Shemesh until this day.) (SA1 6:18)

2 KI 3:19 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB 2 KI 3:19 word 4

OET-LV: 19 And_you(pl)_will _attack every _of city _of fortification and_all city _of choice and_all tree good you(pl)_will _make _fall and_all the_springs _of water you(pl)_will _stop _up and_all/each/any/every (the)_portion_land (the)_good you(pl)_will _spoil with_stones. (KI2_3:19)

OET-RV: 19 You’ll all attack every important city, including their fortified ones. You can chop down their fruit trees, block up their springs, and ruin their good land with stones.” (KI2 3:19)

2 KI 10:2 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB 2 KI 10:2 word 13

OET-LV: 2 And_now just_as _comes the_letter the_this to_you(pl) and_are_with_you(pl) the _sons _of your(pl)_master(s)_of_of and_are_with_you(pl) (the)_chariotry and_(the)_horses and_a _city _of fortification and_(the)_weaponry. (KI2_10:2)

OET-RV: 2 “When you all receive this letter, you’ll have the sons of your masters with you, as well as chariots and horses, and weapons within your fortified city. (KI2 10:2)

2 KI 17:9 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB 2 KI 17:9 word 20

OET-LV: 9 And_ the _people _of _they _did _secretly of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) things which were_not right on YHWH god _of_their and_they _built to/for_them high _places in_all cities _of_their from_a _tower _of watchmen unto a _city _of fortification. (KI2_17:9)

OET-RV: 9 The Israelis had done things secretly that their god Yahweh had said weren’t right, and they’d built hilltop shrines everywhere from the largest fortified cities to the smallest towns. (KI2 17:9)

2 KI 18:8 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB 2 KI 18:8 word 13

OET-LV: 8 He he _defeated DOM the_Fəlishtiy to ˊAzzāh and_DOM territories _of_its from_a _tower _of watchmen unto a _city _of fortification. (KI2_18:8)

OET-RV: 8 He attacked and defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders—both the smaller towns and the fortified city. (KI2 18:8)

PSA 108:11 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB PSA 108:11 word 4

OET-LV: 11  who will_he _bring _me a _city _of fortification who has_he _led _me to ʼEdōm. (PSA_108:11)

OET-RV: 11 It seems that you’ve rejected us, God?
⇔ You don’t go into battle with our armies. (PSA 108:11)

ISA 17:3 contextual word gloss=‘fortress’ word gloss=‘fortified_city’ OSHB ISA 17:3 word 2

OET-LV: 3 And_it _will _cease fortress from_ʼEfrayim and_kingship from_Dammeseq and_the _remnant _of ʼArām like_the _glory _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _will _be the _utterance _of YHWH hosts. (ISA_17:3)

OET-RV: 3 ◙ (ISA 17:3)

JER 1:18 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB JER 1:18 word 6

OET-LV: 18 And_I here I_have _made _you the_day into_a _city _of fortification and_into_a _pillar _of iron and_into_walls _of bronze on all _of the_earth/land to_the _kings _of Yəhūdāh to_its _of_officials to_its _of_priests and_to_the _people _of the_earth/land. (JER_1:18)

OET-RV: 18 ◙ (JER 1:18)

JER 6:27 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘refiner’ OSHB JER 6:27 word 4

OET-LV: 27 An _assayer I_have _made _you among_my _of_people fortification and_you _will _observe and_you _will _test DOM conduct _of_their. (JER_6:27)

OET-RV: 27 ◙ (JER 6:27)

JER 34:7 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB JER 34:7 word 22

OET-LV: 7 And_the _army _of the _king _of Bāⱱel were_fighting on Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_on all _of the _cities _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) which_were_left against Lākīsh and_near/to ˊAzēqāh if/because they they _remained among_the _cities _of Yəhūdāh cities _of fortification. (JER_34:7)

OET-RV: 7 ◙ (JER 34:7)

HAB 1:10 contextual word gloss=‘fortress’ word gloss=‘fortress’ OSHB HAB 1:10 word 9

OET-LV: 10 And_he in_kings it _derides and_rulers are_laughter to_him/it it to/from_all/each/any/every fortress it _laughs and_it _heaped _up earth and_it_captured _it. (HAB_1:10)

OET-RV: 10 They scoff at kings, and rulers are just a joke to them.
⇔ They laugh at fortresses as they pile soil up around them and capture them. (HAB 1:10)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מִבְצָר’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘Mibzar’, ‘a_fortress’, ‘fortification’, ‘fortress’.