Lexical Definition

‎מְצוֹלָה‎ mᵉtsôwlâh (mets-o-law') depth ^H:N-F
or מְצֹלָה mᵉtsôlâh (mets-olaw'); also מְצוּלָה mᵉtsûwlâh (mets-oo-law'); or מְצֻלָה mᵉtsulâh (mets-oo-law'); from the same as ‎צוּלָה‎

bottom, deep, depth.

• a deep place (of water or mud)

1) depth, the deep, the deep sea

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מְצוֺלָה‎], ‎מְצוּלָה‎ noun feminine depth, deep; — absolute ‎מְצוּלָה‎ Job 41:23* +; plural absolute ‎מְצוֺלֹת‎ Exod 15:5; Neh 9:11, ‎מְצֹלוֺת‎ Ps 88:7* construct ‎מְצוּלוֺת‎ Zech 10:11, ‎מְצֻלוֺת‎ Mic 7:19; Ps 68:23* — depth, plural ‎יָם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ depths of the sea Mic 7:19; Ps 68:23* absolute Exod 15:5 (of Red Sea) Neh 9:11 (id.); figurative of deep distress Ps 88:7* (|| ‎בּוֺר תַּחְתִיּוֺת‎); ‎יְאֹר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Zech 10:11 (i.e. of Nile); singular = the deep sea, deep, Ps 107:24; Jonah 2:4*; Job 41:23* (in hyperbolic description of crocodile); depth of marsh, swamp, ‎׳‎‎בִּיוֵן מ‎ Ps 69:3* in mire of (the) depth, figurative of distress (|| ‎מַעֲמַקֵּימַֿיִם‎), compare ‎׳‎‎מ‎ alone vPs 69:16* (|| ‎בְּאֵר‎).

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