מְצוּרָה
mĕṣûrâ
siege-works
Strong's H4694NounHebrewTWOT 1898b

מְצוּרָה (mĕṣûrâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning siege-works. It appears 8 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4694).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1898b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1898b)siege-works, rampart; hemming, mound, fortification
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְצוּרָה noun, feminine: siege-works, rampart

Strong's H4694 מְצוּרָה: a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortification
KJV:fenced (city, fort, munition, strong hold.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1898: צוּר ṣûr — confine, bind, besiege; cramp; adversary, assault, beset, cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags, afflict, affliction, beseige, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait, vex

See it in Scripture

2 Chronicles 11:10Isaiah 29:3

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