Lexical Definition

‎מָצוֹד‎ mâtsôwd (maw-tsode') siegework ^H:N-M
or (feminine) מְצוֹדָה mᵉtsôwdâh (mets-o-daw'); or מצֹדָה mtsôdâh (mets-o-daw'); from ‎צוּד‎; also (by interchange for ‎מְצַד‎)

bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare.

• a net (for capturing animals or fishes)
• *** a**fastness or (beseiging) tower*

n m
1) siege-works, bulwark
2) hunting implement, net
n f
3) net
4) fastness, stronghold

See Greek: ἀμφίβληστρον · φυλακή · χάραξ

Extended Information

• hunting implement, net
• Also means: me.tso.dah (‎מ‎ְ‎צו‎ֹ‎ד‎ָ‎ה‎ "net" מָצוֹד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎מָצוֺד‎] noun masculine in plural, dubious, usually siege-works; — ‎מְצוֺדִים נְּדֹלִים‎ Eccl 9:14, but read ‎מְצוּרִים‎ Wkl^{Altor. Forsch. iv. 353}, see ‎מָצוֺר‎ 2, p. 849 a.

II. [‎מָצוֺד‎] noun [masculine] hunting implement, specifically net (compare Syriac , ᵑ7 ‎מְצַדְתָּא‎, net); — only figurative: construct ‎מְצוֺד רָעִים‎ Prov 12:12 (but text dubious, see conjecture in Toy); suffix ‎מְצוּדוֺ‎ Job 19:5 (of God as Job's hunter); plural ‎מְצוֺדִים וַחֲרָמִים לִנָּהּ‎ Eccl 7:26 (of woman).

Also see: מְצַד

I. ‎מְצוֺדָה‎ noun feminine net; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Eccl 9:12 for fish (in simile); — plural Ezek 19:9 see ‎מְצָד‎ above

II. [‎מְצוֺדָה‎] noun feminine fastness, stronghold; — suffix ‎מְצֹדָתָהּ‎ Isa 29:7 (of Ariel); — plural Ezek 19:9 see ‎מְצָד‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References