מָצוֹרmâtsôwr

Meanings

Same root

• צוּרtsûwr · H6696to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
• מָצוֹרmâtsôwr · H4693Egypt (as the border of Palestine)
• מְצוּרָהmᵉtsûwrâh · H4694a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortification

Where it appears

Appears 25 times in the Bible.

• Deuteronomy 20:19 “When you are attacking a town and the war drags on, you must not cut down the trees with your axes. You may eat the fruit, but do not cut down the trees. Are the trees your enemies, that you should attack them?
• Deuteronomy 20:20 You may only cut down trees that you know are not valuable for food. Use them to make the equipment you need to attack the enemy town until it falls.
• Deuteronomy 28:53 “The siege and terrible distress of the enemy’s attack will be so severe that you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you.
• Deuteronomy 28:55 He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.
• Deuteronomy 28:57 She will hide from them the afterbirth and the new baby she has borne, so that she herself can secretly eat them. She will have nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.
• 2 Kings 24:10 During Jehoiachin’s reign, the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and besieged it.