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Hebrew wordlink #91820

OSHB Deu 20:20 מָצוֹר (māʦōr) Strongs=4692 Lemma=‘מָצוֹר’
contextual word gloss=‘siege_work[s]’ word gloss=‘siege_works’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1451

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Other uses (8) of identical word form מָצוֹר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מָצוֹר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 6 different glosses: ‘[the]_fortification’, ‘a_fortification’, ‘a_siege’, ‘fortification’, ‘siege’, ‘siege_work[s]’.

2 CHR 8:5 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB 2 CHR 8:5 word 11

OET-LV: 5 And_he/it _built DOM Bēyt Ḩōrōn (the)_upper and_DOM Bēyt Ḩōrōn (the)_lower cities _of fortification walls doors and_bar[s]. (CH2_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 He rebuilt the fortified cities of Upper-Beyt-Horon and Lower-Beyt-Horon with walls and barred gates, (CH2 8:5)

PSA 31:22 contextual word gloss=‘siege’ word gloss=‘besieged’ OSHB PSA 31:22 word 8

OET-LV: 22  YHWH be_blessed if/because he _has _made _wonderful loyalty _of_his _covenant to_me in_a _city _of siege. (PSA_31:22)

OET-RV: 22 In my alarm I thought, “I’ve gone out of your sight,”
⇔ yet you did hear my plea for help when I called out to you. (PSA 31:22)

PSA 60:11 contextual word gloss=‘fortification’ word gloss=‘fortified’ OSHB PSA 60:11 word 4

OET-LV: 11  who will_he _bring _me a _city _of fortification who has_he _led _me to ʼEdōm. (PSA_60:11)

OET-RV: 11 Give us help against our enemy,
⇔ because human help is worthless. (PSA 60:11)

EZE 4:2 contextual word gloss=‘a_siege’ word gloss=‘siege’ OSHB EZE 4:2 word 3

OET-LV: 2 And_you(ms)_will _give on/upon_it(f) a _siege and_you _will _build on/upon_it(f) a _siege-work and_you _will _pour _out on/upon_it(f) a _mound and_you(ms)_will _give on/upon_it(f) armies and_set on/upon_it(f) battering-rams all _around. (EZE_4:2)

OET-RV: 2 Then lay siege against it, and build forts against it. Build an assault ramp up against it and make camps around it. Place battering rams all around it. (EZE 4:2)

MIC 4:14 contextual word gloss=‘a_siege’ word gloss=‘siege’ OSHB MIC 4:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14  now you _will _cut _yourself Oh _daughter _of troop[s] a _siege someone _has _set on_us with_rod they _will _strike on the_cheek DOM the _judge _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (MIC_4:14)

NAH 3:14 contextual word gloss=‘siege’ word gloss=‘siege’ OSHB NAH 3:14 word 2

OET-LV: 14 Water _of siege draw to/for_you(fs) strengthen fortifications _of_your go in_clay and_trample on_mortar take _hold _of a _brick-mould. (NAH_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 Get water from the wells to store for the siege.
⇔ Strengthen your fortifications.
⇔ Fetch clay and start working it.
⇔ Get the molds ready to make bricks. (NAH 3:14)

HAB 2:1 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_fortification’ word gloss=‘rampart’ OSHB HAB 2:1 word 6

OET-LV: 2 at post _of_my I _will _stand and_I _will _take _my _stand on the_fortification and_I _will _watch to_see what will _he _speak by_me and_what will _I _bring _back on complaint _of_my. (HAB_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 I’ll stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower,
⇔ and I’ll wait there to see what he will say to me,
⇔ and how I should respond when I’m corrected. (HAB 2:1)

ZEC 9:3 contextual word gloss=‘a_fortification’ word gloss=‘fortress’ OSHB ZEC 9:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3 And_ Tsor/(Tyre) _it _built a _fortification to/for_her/it and_it _heaped _up silver like_dust and_gold like_the_mud _of the_streets. (ZEC_9:3)

OET-RV: 3 Tsor has built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver like dust and refined gold like mud in the streets. (ZEC 9:3)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מָצוֹר’’ have 8 different glosses: ‘Egypt’, ‘[the]_fortification’, ‘a_fortification’, ‘a_siege’, ‘fortification’, ‘of_Egypt’, ‘siege’, ‘siege_work[s]’.