Lexical Definition

‎מָחוֹז‎ mâchôwz (maw-khoze') haven ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to enclose

haven.

• a harbor (as shut in by the shore)

1) city, haven

See Greek: λιμήν

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָחוֺז‎ noun [masculine] city (Assyrian loan-word; from ma—âzu, city, Asrb^{Annals iii.115 and often}; see Dl^{HWB 271}; compare ᵑ7 ‎מָחוֺזָא‎ market-place, province, small town) — only construct ‎וַיַּנְחֵם אֶלמְֿחוֺז‎ ‎חֶפְצָם‎ Ps 107:30 and he guided them unto the city of their desire.

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