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מצדה , det. מצדתה , pl. מצדן n.f. net (→ √צוד ; CPA ܡܨܕܐ LSp 170) a. general: sg. מצדתא דשיתאי the trapper's net Sab 14a(62) // Bes 62a(3); pl. מצדן BR 534:6 [expl. פחים Ps 11:6]; מצדתא הוויין פריס{י}ן the nets were spread out ib. 62d(54) // Sab 7a(3); b. for trapping birds: sg. וחמא חד בר נש פרש מצדתא למצוד צפרין he saw a certain man spreading a net to catch birds PRK 192:3 // KohR 26d(35)[!] // EstR 7a(21)[!] // Svi 38d(26)[!]; c. in a fig. sense: sg. בהדא פרס בן לקיש מצדתיה דכהנא with this (question) PN ensnared PN\d\s-12\u\s0 BR 53:2; ib. 3 // Kil 27a(57)[!]; d. of metal work: sg. עובד מצדה דנחש net-work of copper TN Ex 27:4 [H רשת ]; ib. 5 