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mᵊṣād מְצָד ‘stronghold’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ṣūd צוּד ‘to hunt / to provision’
Roots: צוד

mᵊṣād n, f
1) fort, stronghold, fastness
 1a) mountain-fastness
 1b) stronghold

Mentioned in Judges 6:2 1 Samuel 23:19, 23:14, 24:1 Isaiah 33:16 Jeremiah 48:41, 51:30 1 Chronicles 12:9, 12:17, 11:7

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