מַצָּב
matstsâb · mats-tsawb'
a fixed spot; figuratively, an office, a military post
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5324 (נָצַב);
a fixed spot; figuratively, an office, a military post
- a fixed spot
- figuratively, an office, a military post
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: garrison, station, place where...stood.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַצָּב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- stood2 · 20%
- and the garrison2 · 20%
- garrison2 · 20%
- unto the garrison1 · 10%
- themselves unto the garrison1 · 10%
- the garrison1 · 10%
- thee from thy station1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.