מְצָד

«מְצָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: fastness — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 11 times · Key: 4679 · BDB: מְצָד²

Glosses

strongholds (6); stronghold (3); [will.be].strongholds (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

fastness tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fastness, stronghold tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. Je 48:41 fastness, stronghold (prop. hunting-place?);—abs. מְצָד 1 Ch 11:7; 12:6, מְצַד 12:8; pl. abs. מְצָדוֹת 1 S 23:14 +, cstr. id. v 29 (Gi, 24:1 van d. H. Baer), Is 33:16;— mountain-fastness Ju 6:2 1 S 23:14, 19, 19 (v. supr.), Ez 33:27; 1 Ch 12:8(9), 16(17); מְצָדוֹת סְלָעִים Is 33:16. more gen., stronghold Je 48:41; 51:30; Ez 19:9 (Baer Gi van d. H. מְצֹדוֹת id. [ii. מְצוֹדָה] Ew Hi-Sm Da al.; nets [i. מְצוֹדָה] Krae; del. Co Oort Toy); citadel of Jerusalem 1 Ch 11:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מְצָד» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Samuel 24:1

וַיַּ֥עַל דָּוִ֖ד מִשָּׁ֑ם וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בִּמְצָד֥וֹת עֵֽינ־גֶּֽדִיעֵֽינ־גֶּֽדִי׃

Word for word: and he.went.up David from there and he.dwelt in the.strongholds of En.Gedi

JPS 1917: And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.

1 Chronicles 11:7

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב דָּוִ֖יד בַּמְצָ֑ד עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרְאוּ־ל֖וֹ עִ֥יר דָּוִֽיד׃

Word for word: and he.dwelt David in the stronghold therefore people.called (to) it the.city of.David

JPS 1917: And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

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