H4673 H4673
Military garrison or outpost; standing-place or appointed station
From the root natsav ('to stand, take one's stand'), this masculine noun denotes either a military garrison or a place where one stands in an assigned position. Its military sense dominates the narrative of Saul and Jonathan's confrontation with the Philistines, where the word recurs seven times for the Philistine garrison at the pass of Michmash (1 Sam 13-14). In its non-military sense, Joshua 4 uses it for the exact spot in the Jordan riverbed where the priests' feet stood bearing the ark. Isaiah 22:19 applies it metaphorically to Shebna's office or station from which God will thrust him down.
Senses
1. garrison, military outpost — A military garrison, outpost, or forward position of soldiers stationed in strategic territory. Used predominantly for Philistine garrisons threatening Israel during the reign of Saul. Jonathan and his armor-bearer famously approached the Philistine matstsav at Michmash (1 Sam 14:1, 4, 6), and 2 Samuel 23:14 references a Philistine garrison in Bethlehem. Spanish 'destacamento' and 'guarnicion,' along with French 'garnison,' consistently render this fortified military station. 7×
AR["الـ-حَامِيَةُ","حَامِيَةُ","حَامِيَةِ","وَحَامِيَةُ"]·ben["-সেই-চৌকি","এবং-সৈন্যদল","চৌকি","সৈন্যদল"]·DE["der-garrison","garrison-von","und-garrison-von"]·EN["and-garrison-of","garrison-of","the-garrison"]·FR["et-garnison-de","garnison-de","le-garnison"]·heb["ה-מצב","ו-מצב","מצב"]·HI["और-चौकी","चौकी"]·ID["dan-pos","pasukan-jaga"]·IT["e-presidio-di","il-presidio","presidio-di"]·jav["ingkang-jagi","lan-pasukan","panggenan-jagi","pos"]·KO["그-전초기지가","그-주둔지와","그리고-수비대-의","주둔지"]·PT["e-guarnição-de","o-posto","posto-avançado-de","posto-de"]·RU["а-стан","гарнизон","застава","заставе"]·ES["destacamento-de","el-destacamento","y-guarnición-de"]·SW["kikosi-cha-","kituo","na-kambi-ya","ngome-ya-"]·TR["garnizon","karakol","karakola","ve-karakolu"]·urd["اور-چوکی","چوکی"]
2. standing-place, appointed position — A standing-place or fixed appointed position, either in a literal physical sense or as a figurative station of authority. In Joshua 4:3 and 4:9, the word marks the precise spot where the priests' feet stood firm in the Jordan -- a memorial location of theophanic significance. In Isaiah 22:19, it signifies the office or appointed station from which the steward Shebna will be deposed, paralleled by ma'amad ('standing'). The shift from concrete foothold to abstract office shows the word's semantic flexibility rooted in the idea of a fixed, established place. 3×
AR["مَوقِفِ","مِن-مَوقِفِ","مِنْ-مَقَامِكَ"]·ben["-তোমার-পদ-থেকে","স্থান","স্থান-থেকে"]·DE["[ממצבך]","stehend-Ort-von","von-stehend-Ort-von"]·EN["from-standing-place-of","from-your-position","standing-place-of"]·FR["[ממצבך]","de-debout-lieu-de","debout-lieu-de"]·heb["מ-מצב","מ-מצבך","מצב"]·HI["खड़े-होने-की-जगह","खड़े-होने-की-जगह-से","तेरे-पद-से"]·ID["dari-jabatanmu","dari-tempat-berdiri","tempat-berdiri"]·IT["[ממצבך]","da-stando-luogo-di","stando-luogo-di"]·jav["panggenan-madeg","saking-jabatan-panjenengan","saking-panggenan-madeg"]·KO["너의-지위-에서","선-곳","에서"]·PT["de-tua-posição","do-lugar-de","lugar-de"]·RU["местом-стояния","с-места-стояния","с-поста-твоего"]·ES["de-lugar-de","de-tu-puesto","lugar-de"]·SW["kutoka-mahali-pa","kutoka-nafasi-yako","mahali-pa"]·TR["durduğu-yerden-","durduğu-yerin","gorevinden"]·urd["تیرے-عہدے-سے","جگہ","جگہ-سے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַצָּב n.m. 1 S 13:23 standing-place, station, garrison;—מ׳ abs. 1 S 14:15, cstr. מַצַּב Jos 4:3, 9 + (Baer in Sm מַצָּב, cf. on 1 S 13:23, but v. Ginsb); sf. מַצָּבֶ֑ךָ Is 22:19;— 1. standing-place of feet Jos 4:3, 9 (JE). 2. station, office Is 22:19 (‖ מַעֲמָד). 3. garrison, post, or outpost (of Philistines) 1 S 13:23; 14:1, 4, 6, 11, 15; 2 S 23:14; so read also 1 S 14:12 (for MT מַצָּבָה) 𝔊 Th We Bu HPS.