outpost
(of Philistines)
1 S 13:23
;
14:1
,
4
,
6
,
11
,
15 2 S 23:1
4; so read also
1 S 14:12
(for
MT
מַצָּבָה
)
Ö
Th We Bu HP
S.
מֻצָּב
S
4674
TWOT
1398d
GK
5164
n.
[
m.
]
palisade
or
intrenchment
;—only
Is 29:3
(of siege-works;
||
מְצֻרֹת
).
מַצָּבָה
S
4675
TWOT
1398e, 1398f
GK
5165
n.f.
אַנְשֵׁי מ׳
1 S 14:12
v.
מַצָּב
.
•
מִצָּבָה
S
4675
TWOT
1398f
GK
5165, 5166
n.f.
guard, watch
?—only
לְבֵיתִי מ׳ וְחָנִיתִי
Zc 9:8
and I encamp as watch for my house
(so
We Now GAS
m, but
dub.
;
Kue Sta Marti
Kau
GASm
read
מַצָּבָה
, but this prob. non-existent,
v. supr.
;
MT
appar. intends
because of a host
=
מִצָּבָא
).
•
מַצֵּבָה
S
4676, 4678
TWOT
1398g
GK
5167, 5169
,
מַצֶּ˜בֶת
S
4678
TWOT
1398g
GK
5169, 5170
n.f.
pillar
,
maṣṣēbā
,
stump
; on this
v.
also Lagrange
Études Bibl. 197 ff.
and review by
Bau
ZMG lvii (1903), 830
; also
GFM
EB MASSEBAH
Sta
Bib. Theol. i. § 55
OC Whitehouse
HastDB PILLAR
—
abs.
מַצֵּבָה
Ho 3:4
+,
מַצֶּ˜בֶת
2 S 18:18a
(read
הַמּ׳
Ö
Dr Bu Ki
t),
v
18b Is 6:1
3,
cstr.
מַצְּבַת
2 K 3:
2;
10:27
,
מַצֶּ˜בֶת
Gn 35:14
,
20
;
sf.
מַצַּבְתָּהּ
Is 6:1
3;
pl. abs.
מַצֵּבֹות
1 K 14:2
3,
cstr.
מַצְּבֹות
2 K 10:2
6, etc.;—
1.
a. pillar
, as monument, personal memorial
2 S 18:18
(×2).
b.
a stone, set up (
שׂים
,
הציב
), and anointed as memorial of divine appearance
Gn 28:18
,
22
;
31:13
(all
E
),
35:14
(×2) (
J
); so also
33:20
(
E
), where
ins.
מ׳
, or read
מ׳
for
MT
מִזְבֵּחַ
(
We Di Now
Arch. ii. 18), set up (
שׂים
,
הרים
,
חציב
), in token of an agreement
31:45
,
51
,
52
(×2) (all
E
); over grave
35:20
(×2) (
E
).
c.
especially of sacred stones or pillars in connecxion with altar, erected (
בנה
) by Moses
Ex 24:4
(
E
; 12 pillars),
Ho 3:4
;
10:1
,
2 Is 19:1
9;
conj.
also
2 K 12:10 f
or
MT
מִזְבֵּחַ
Sta
ZAW
v (1885), 296
Now
Arch. l.c.
, but
dub.
,
v. Benz
ad loc.; (usually
+
אֲשֵׁרִים
etc.): of Canaanites
Ex 23:24
(
E
),
34:13
(
J
),
Dt 7:5
;
12:3
,
cf.
מ׳ הַבַּעַל
2 K 3:
2;
10:26
,
27
; Tyre,
מ׳ עֻזֵּךְ
,
Ez 26:11
, of obelisks of
Kue A. Kuenen. Sta B. Stade. Marti K. Marti. Bau W. von Baudisin. EB Encyclopaeddia Biblica, edd. Black and Cheyne.
Hast Dictionary of the Bible, ed. James Hastings. ins. inscription(s);
Now W. Nowack, Hebräische Archäologie .