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מְצָדָה #2‏ n.f. #2 fortress

fortress JLAtg, LJLA. TgJ Jud6:2 : עְבַדוּ לְהוֹן בְנֵי יִשׂרָאֵל יָת מַטמוֹריָתָא דִבטוּרַיָא וְיָת מְעָרָתָא וְיָת מְצָדָתָא‏ the Israelites made themselves the hiding places in the mountains and the caves and the fortresses. TgJob39:28 : כיפה ישרי ויבית על כרך טינר ומצדתא‏ he encamps upon his rock and lodges on a walled city of flint (=MT שֶׁן : read instead כך "molar", or is it simply a play on that word?) and fortress.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 823; Levy Ch-W: 2:61;

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