Lexical Definition

‎מָצוֹר‎ mâtsôwr (maw-tsore') siege ^H:N-M
or מָצוּר mâtsûwr (maw-tsoor'); from ‎צוּר‎

besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

• something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress
• or (subjectively) a fastness

1) siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works
1a) siege
1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: מָצוֹר

‎מָצוֺר‎ noun [masculine] siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment; — always ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute, except construct ‎מְצוֺר‎ Ezek 4:7 suffix ‎מְצוּרֶ֑ךָ‎ vEzek 4:8 —

1. siege ‎שָׂם עָלֵינוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Mic 4:14* he hath laid siege to us, compare ‎׳‎‎וְנָתַתָּ֫ עָלֶיהָ מ‎ Ezek 4:2 ‎׳‎‎בּוֺא בַמּ‎ is come into a state of siege Deut 20:19; 2Kgs 24:10; 2Kgs 25:2; Jer 52:5, compare ‎׳‎‎וְהָֽיְתָה בַמּ‎ Ezek 4:3 ‎׳‎‎יוֺשֶׁבֶת֯י בַּמּ‎ Jer 10:17 ‎׳‎‎מְצוֺר יְרו‎ Ezek 4:7 siege of Jerusalem, but also ‎׳‎‎עַליְֿרו‎‎׳‎‎מ‎ Zech 12:2 ‎׳‎‎יְמֵי מ‎ of duration of siege Ezek 4:8; Ezek 5:2 ‎׳‎‎מֵי מ‎ Nah 3:14 water for a siege; in phrase ‎וּבְמָצוֺק‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּמ‎ in the siege and stress Deut 28:53; Deut 28:55; Deut 28:57; Jer 19:9.

2. enclosure, i.e. siege-works Deut 20:20 late = ram-part Zech 9:3, ‎׳‎‎עִיר מ‎ entrenched city Ps 31:22* (al. besieged), Ps 60:11* (|| Ps 108:11* ‎מִבְצָר‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎), compare 2Chr 8:5 ‎׳‎‎עָרִים לְמ‎ 2Chr 11:5, ‎בִּירוּשָׁלַם‎ ‎׳‎‎ישְׁבִים בְּמ‎ 2Chr 32:10 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Hab 2:1 according to most (|| ‎מִשְׁמֶרֶת‎); but We derives from ‎נצר‎, i.e. watch-tower, Now conjectures ‎מִצְפֶּה‎ (compare ‎וַאֲצַפֶּה‎ following); > Buhl conjectures ‎֯׃מְצָד‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ proper name, of a territory.

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