מֻצָּב H4674
siege work, palisade; military fortification or entrenchment
This word appears only in Isaiah 29:3, where God declares He will 'encamp against you all around and lay siege with a palisade.' The noun denotes some type of siege work—possibly a palisade, tower, or entrenchment used in attacking a fortified city. The parallel term 'siegeworks' confirms the military context. God ironically becomes the besieger of His own city Jerusalem, turning divine protection into divine assault due to the people's hypocrisy.
Senses
1. sense 1 — English 'with-a-siege-work' and Spanish 'con-puesto' (with post/position) both suggest military installations. Isaiah's oracle reverses expectations—the LORD who defended Jerusalem now encircles it with siege equipment, treating His city as an enemy fortress to be reduced (Isa 29:3). 1×
AR["بِمَرْكَزٍ"]·ben["ঘাঁটি"]·DE["[מצב]"]·EN["with-a-siege-work"]·FR["[מצב]"]·heb["מצב"]·HI["चौकी"]·ID["pos-pengepungan"]·IT["[מצב]"]·jav["kalayan-papan-jagi"]·KO["진지를"]·PT["posto"]·RU["стоянкой"]·ES["con-puesto"]·SW["kwa-ngome"]·TR["mevziilerle"]·urd["چوکی"]
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
מֻצָּב n.[m.] palisade or intrenchment;—only Is 29:3 (of siege-works; ‖ מְצֻרֹת).