Senses
1. stronghold, fortress — All four clusters represent the same noun metsad meaning 'stronghold' or 'fortress,' differing only in prepositions (be-/le-), number (singular vs plural), article, conjunction, and construct state. The multilingual evidence is uniform across all clusters: Arabic uses husun (حُصُونِ/حِصْن) throughout; Spanish uses 'fortalezas/fortaleza'; Korean uses yosae (요새/요새들); Hindi uses garh (गढ़/गढ़ों/गढ़ियाँ); Swahili uses ngome consistently. English glosses 'strongholds/stronghold' all denote a fortified defensive position. 10×
AR["الحِصْن","الْمَعاقِلَ","حُصُونُ","فِي-الحِصْن","فِي-الْحُصُونِ","فِي-حُصُونِ","لِلْحِصْن","وَالْحُصُونُ"]·ben["-দুর্গে","এবং-দুর্গগুলি","দুর্গগুলি","দুর্গগুলিতে","দুর্গগুলো","দুর্গগুলোতে","দুর্গে"]·DE["[במצד]","[במצדות]","[והמצדות]","[למצד]","[מצדות]","der-Festungen","in-der-strongholds","in-strongholds-von"]·EN["and-the-strongholds","in-strongholds-of","in-the-fortress","in-the-strongholds","strongholds","the-stronghold","the-strongholds","to-the-stronghold"]·FR["[במצד]","[במצדות]","[והמצדות]","[למצד]","[מצדות]","dans-le-strongholds","dans-strongholds-de","le-strongholds"]·heb["ב-ה-מצדות","ב-מצד","ב-מצדות","ה-מצדות","ו-ה-מצדות","ל-מצד","מצדות"]·HI["और-गढ़","गढ़","गढ़-के-लिए","गढ़-में","गढ़ियाँ","गढ़ों-में"]·ID["benteng","dan-kubu-kubu-pertahanan","di-kubu-kubu","di-kubu-kubu-pertahanan","di-kubu-pertahanan","ke-kubu-pertahanan","kubu-kubu","kubu-pertahanan"]·IT["[במצד]","[במצדות]","[והמצדות]","[למצד]","[מצדות]","il-strongholds","in-fortezze-di","in-il-fortezze"]·jav["benteng","bètèng","ing-betèng-betèng","ing-bètèng","ing-bètèng-bètèng","lan-bèntèng-bèntengipun"]·KO["그-요새","그리고-요새들이","에-그-요새","에-요새-에서","에-요새들에서","요새들에","요새들에서","요새들을","요새들이"]·PT["a-fortaleza","as-fortalezas","e-as-fortalezas","fortalezas-de","na-fortaleza","nas-fortalezas","nas-fortalezas-de","para-a-fortaleza"]·RU["в-крепости","в-крепость","в-крепостях","в-убежищах","и-твердыни","крепости","крепости-","укрепления"]·ES["a-la-fortaleza","en-fortalezas-de","en-la-fortaleza","en-las-fortalezas","fortalezas-de","la-fortaleza","las-fortalezas","y-las-fortalezas"]·SW["katika-ngome","katika-ngome-za","kwa-ngome","na-ngome","ngome"]·TR["-kalelerde","de-kaleleri","kalede","kalelerde","kaleleri","kaleye","ve-kaleler"]·urd["اور-قلعے","قلعوں","قلعوں-میں","قلعے","قلعے-میں","قلعے-کو"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְצָד, מְצַד n.f. Je 48:41 fastness, stronghold (prop. hunting-place?);—abs. מְצָד 1 Ch 11:7; 12:6, מְצַד 12:8; pl. abs. מְצָדוֹת 1 S 23:14 +, cstr. id. v 29 (Gi, 24:1 van d. H. Baer), Is 33:16;— 1. mountain-fastness Ju 6:2 1 S 23:14, 19, 19 (v. supr.), Ez 33:27; 1 Ch 12:8(9), 16(17); מְצָדוֹת סְלָעִים Is 33:16. 2. more gen., stronghold Je 48:41; 51:30; Ez 19:9 (Baer Gi van d. H. מְצֹדוֹת id.…