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māṣōr מָצוֹר ‘siege’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ṣūr צוּר ‘to confine / to provoke / to form’
Roots: צור

māṣōr n, m
1) siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works
 1a) siege
 1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 20:19, 28:55, 28:53, 28:57, 20:20 2 Kings 24:10, 25:2 Jeremiah 19:9, 10:17, 52:5 Ezekiel 5:2, 4:3, 4:7, 4:8, 4:2 Micah 7:12, 4:14 Nahum 3:14 Habakkuk 2:1 Zechariah 12:2, 9:3 Psalms 60:11, 31:22 2 Chronicles 32:10, 8:5, 11:5

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