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I. צוּר noun masculine Job 29:6 rock, cliff; — ׳ צ absolute Exod 17:6 +, construct Deut 8:15 +; suffix צוּרִי 2Sam 22:3, etc.; plural צֻרִים Num 23:9 +, צוּרוֺת Job 28:10 construct צוּרֵי 1Sam 24:3 (Gi v.1Sam 24:2); —
1.
a.
rocky wall, cliff, Exod 17:6 (twice in verse) (
E
), Deut 8:15
(הַחַלָּמִישׁ
׳
צ), Isa 48:21 (twice in verse); Ps 78:15; Ps 78:20; Ps 105:41; Ps 114:8 (||
חַלָּמִישׁ); ׳
בּוֺא בַצּ
Isa 2:10,
בִּמְעָרוֺת צֻרִים Isa 2:19, ׳
בְּנִקְרוֺת הַצּ Isa 2:21, compare Exod 33:21; Exod 33:22 (
J
E
); yielding honey (from its clefts) Ps 81:17 (compare Deut 32:13
Dy
PerlesAnal. 34
We read צוּף); as look-out Num 23:9 (
J
E
), home of goats 1Sam 24:3 (Gi v.1Sam 24:2), snow-covered Jer 18:14
bearing (olives for) oil Deut 32:13 (׳
חַלְמִישׁ צ), Job 29:6 resort of homeless Job 24:8, pierced by miners Job 28:10, compare perhaps
נְחָלִים
׳
שִׁית בְּצ
אוֺפִיר
Job 22:24
deposit (thy) gold in the rock of the wadys (most below
צֹר pebble); as quarry, figurative of Abraham as ancestor of Israel Isa 51:1 place of security 1Chr 11:15
, הַמִּישׁוֺר
׳
צ
Jer 21:13
(of city), figurative Ps 27:5; Ps 61:3 symbol of firmness Nah 1:6; Job 14:18; Job 18:4 enduring material Job 19:24.
b.
rock with flat surface 2Sam 21:10; Prov 30:19.
c.
block of stone, boulder
Judg 6:21
;
Judg 13:19 (as altar); compare צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל
Isa 8:14
(|| נֶגֶף אֶבֶן).
d.
rock with specific name, עוֺרֵב
׳
צ
Judg 7:25
; Isa
10:26.
2.
a.
figurative of God (33 t.) as support and defence of his people (often || אֱלֹהִים
, ׳
י, etc.), מָעֻזֵּךְ
׳
צ
Isa 17:10,
מָעוֺז
׳
צ
Ps 31:3,
עֻזִּי
׳
צ
Ps 62:8,
מָעוֺן
׳
צ,
Ps
71:3, יְשֻׁעָתוֺ
׳
צ
Deut 32:15
compare 2Sam
22:47
b (but strike out, see || Ps 18:47), Ps 89:27; Ps 95:1, וִישׁוּעָתִי
׳
צ
Ps 62:3; Ps 62:7,
מַחְסִי
׳
צ
Ps 94:22
יִשְׂרָאֵל
׳
צ
Isa 30:29;
2Sam 23:3
(personified), צוּרִי
Ps 18:3; Ps 18:47 =
2Sam 22:3;
2Sam 22:47
a,
>BIBLE:Psalm 19:15>; Ps 28:1; Ps 92:16; Ps 144:1, לְבָבִי
׳
צ
Ps 73:26,
צוּרֵנוּ
Deut 32:31,
צוּרָם Deut 32:30; Ps 78:35 with בְּ essent. ׳
בְּיָהּ י
עוֺלָמִים
׳
צ
Isa 26:4
(compare
Ps 62:8 see
ב
I.7.c); as proper name [of deity] (the)
Rock
Deut 32:4; Deut 32:18 (
יְלָֽדְךָ
׳
צ), Deut 32:37; Hab 1:12, +(perhaps) Ps 75:6 (read בַּצּוּד, see
צַוָּאר
; see also
פְּדָהצוּר
).
b. of a heathen god Deut 32:31, compare Isa 44:3, מִי צוּר
׳
מִבַּלְעֲדֵי א
2Sam 22:32
||
Ps 18:32,
compare 1Sam 2:2. —
See
also בֵּית צוּר and חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים. — Ps 89:44 see צֹד
below III.
צרר, Ps 49:15 see
צוּרָה
below III. צור. above