II. מְצוּדָה noun feminine fastness, stronghold; — absolute ׳מ [1Sam 22:4] +, מְצֻדֶה [2Sam 5:9], construct מְצֻדַת v[2Sam 5:7] suffix מְצוּדָתִי [Ps 18:3] +, מְצֻדָתִי [2Sam 22:2] plural מְצוּדוֺת [Ps 31:3] — fastness of David, [1Sam 22:4]; [1Sam 22:5]; [1Sam 24:23] (Gi v.[1Sam 24:22]) [2Sam 5:17]; [2Sam 23:14] = [1Chr 11:16] read also מְצֻדַת עֲדֻלָּם [1Sam 22:1]; [2Sam 23:13]; [1Chr 11:15], for ᵑ0 מְעָדַת (see מְעָרָה p. [1Chr 79:2] b); of Jerusalem, מְצֻדַת צִיּוֺן [2Sam 5:7] = [1Chr 11:5], compare [2Sam 5:9] home of eagle [Job 39:28] (+ שֶׁןסֶֿלַע); elsewhere figurative of ׳י [Ps 18:3]=[2Sam 22:2]; [Ps 31:4]; [Ps 71:3] (all + סַלְעִי), [Ps 91:2] (+ מַחְסִי), [Ps 144:2] (+חַסְדִּי, but this dubious, Krochm Gr Che חִסְנִי, Dy חִזְקִ, Du סַלְעִי; possibly is מַתְסִי); also כֵּית מְצוּדוֺת [Ps 31:8].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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