Lexical Definition

‎מְזוּזָה‎ mᵉzûwzâh (mez-oo-zaw') doorpost ^H:N-F
or מְזֻזָה mᵉzuzâh (mez-oozaw'); from the same as ‎זִיז‎

(door, side) post.

• a door-post (as prominent)

1) doorpost, gatepost

See Greek: ἀναπτύσσω · στοά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְזוּזָה‎ noun feminine door-post, gate-post, absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 21:6; Isa 57:8 construct ‎מְזוּזַת‎ 1Sam 1:9; Ezek 46:2 + Ezek 41:21 (strike out ᵑ6 Co compare ᵐ5 Hi), Ezek 45:19 (twice in verse) (in both ‎מְזוּזוֺת‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Co); suffix ‎מְזוּזָתִי‎ Ezek 43:8, ‎מְזוּזָתָם‎ vEzek 43:8 plural ‎מְזוּזוֺת‎ 1Kgs 6:31 + 2 t. (+ Ezek 45:19 (twice in verse) Co see above), ‎מְזוּזֹת‎ Exod 12:7 + 4 t., ‎מְזֻזוֺת‎ Deut 6:9; Judg 16:3 — door-post, gate-post,

1. of dwelling-house Exod 12:7 (P), vExod 12:22 vExod 12:23; Exod 21:6 (all J E), Deut 6:9; Deut 11:20 compare Isa 57:8 also ‎פְּתָחָ֑י‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 8:34, ‎מְזוּזָתָם‎ Ezek 43:8 of Solomon's house 1Kgs 7:5.

2. of house of ‎׳‎‎י‎:
a. of the pre-Solomonic sanctuary of ‎׳‎‎י‎ 1Sam 1:9.
b. of Solomon's temple 1Kgs 6:33 of the ‎דְּבִיר‎ v1Kgs 6:31.
c. of Ezekiel's temple Ezek 41:21 (strike out Co see above), Ezek 43:8 (‎מְזוּזָתִי‎), ‎הַבַּיִת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 45:19, ‎שַׁעַר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ vEzek 45:9, compare Ezek 46:2.

3. of city-gates Judg 16:3.

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