Lexical Definition

‎צוּר‎ tsûwr (tsoor) to confine ^H:V
a primitive root

adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

• to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)

1) to bind, besiege, confine, cramp
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to confine, secure
1a2) to shut in, beseige
1a3) to shut up, enclose
2) (Qal) to show hostility to, be an adversary, treat as foe
3) (Qal) to form, fashion, delineate

See Greek: ἀγρεύω · ἀντίκειμαι · βάλλω · δέω · καθίζω · λαμβάνω · πλάσσω · συγκαθίζω · συνέχω

Extended Information

• (Qal) to form, fashion, delineate

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎צוּר‎ verb confine, bind, besiege (Late Hebrew id., wrap (rare); Aramaic ‎צוּר‎ besiege, beleaguer); —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular‎וְצַרְתָּ֫‎ Deut 14:25, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיָּ֫צַר‎ 1Kgs 20:1 +, 2 masculine singular ‎תָּצוּר‎ Deut 20:19, etc.; Imperative feminine singular ‎צוּרִ֫י‎ Isa 21:2 (after ‎עֲלִי‎ Kö^{i. 444}, compare Ges^{«GKC:72s»§ 72s}); Infinitive construct ‎לָצוּר‎ 1Sam 23:8 Participle plural ‎צָרִים‎ 1Kgs 15:27 +; —

1. confine, secure (|| I. ‎צרר‎), accusative of thing + ‎ב‎ of receptacle Deut 14:25; 2Kgs 5:23; Ezek 5:3 complem. omitted 2Kgs 12:11*.

2. shut in, besiege, with ‎עַל‎ of city 2Sam 11:1; 1Kgs 15:27; 1Kgs 16:17; 1Kgs 20:1; 2Kgs 6:24; 2Kgs 6:25; 2Kgs 17:5; 2Kgs 18:9; 2Kgs 24:11; Isa 29:3 (+ accusative of siege-works), Jer 32:2; Jer 37:5; Jer 39:9; Deut 20:12; Ezek 4:3; Dan 1:1 with ‎עַל‎ person (within city) 2Sam 20:15; 2Kgs 16:5; Jer 21:4; Jer 21:9 with ‎אֶל‎ of city (for ‎עַל‎) Deut 20:19 with ‎אֶל‎ person 1Sam 23:8 with ‎אֵת‎ of city only 1Chr 20:1 (|| 2Sam 11:1 above); absolute Isa 21:2. — ‎הִנָּם צָרִים אֶתהָֿעִיר עָלֶיךָ‎ Judg 9:31 is corrupt; Frankenb^{Richterbuch 28} Bu GFM^Hpt Now ‎מְעִרִים‎ inciting against.

3. shut up, enclose: ‎נָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לוּחַ אָ֑רֶז‎ Song 8:9 (‎על‎ of maid [under figure of door] + accusative mater., compare Isa 29:3 above); with suffix person Ps 139:5 (figurative, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject).

III. [‎צוּר‎] verb shew hostility to, treat as foe (with accusative of person) (akin to II. ‎צרר‎, to which SS assign the forms, but compare Arabic act unjustly, also defraud; Syriac , rival wife); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎וְצַרְתִּ֫י אֶתצֹֿרֲרֶיךָ‎ Exod 23:22 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎; || ‎וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י אֶתאֹֿיְבֶיךָ‎); Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎אַלתָּֿ֫צַר‎ ‎אֶתמֿוֺאָב‎ Deut 2:9 2 masculine plural suffix ‎אַלתְּֿצֻרֵם‎ vDeut 2:19 Participle ‎הַצָּרִים אוֺתָם‎ Esth 8:11.

Also see: יָצַר

IV. [‎צוּר‎] verb fashion, delineate (Late Hebrew id.; so Aramaic ‎צוּר‎, , ; picture, Sabean ‎צור‎, plural ‎צורת‎ Hom^Chrest.125 Mordtm^{Him. Inschr. 14.15}; Arabic is loan-word according to Frä²⁷²); — Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎וְצַרְתָּ֫‎ Ezek 43:11 (for ᵑ0 ‎צוּרַת‎) according to ᵐ5. We Sm Co Toy Berthol Krae, and thou shalt delineate the house (compare ‎הַגֵּד‎ vEzek 43:10, ‎הוֺדַע וּכְתֹב‎ vEzek 43:11); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיָּ֫צַר אֹתוֺ בַּחֶרֶט‎ Exod 32:4 (E) and fashioned it [the gold] with a graving-tool; ‎וַיָּ֫צַר אֶתשְֿׁנֵי הָֹעַמּוּדִים‎ 1Kgs 7:15 (+ accusative mater.), read ‎(יצק) וַיִּצֹּק‎, so ᵐ5 SS Kit Benz compare Th; 1 singular suffix ‎אצורך‎ Jer 1:5 Kt, see ‎יצר‎

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