מעוז

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Hebrew

Root
ע־ז־ז (ʿ-z-z)

Noun

מעוז / מָעֹז • (ma'óz) m

fortress, stronghold, refuge
- c. 1200s, מעוז צור (text)
  מָעוֹז צוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי לְךָ נָאֶה לְשַׁבֵּחַ
  ma'óz tsur y'shu'atí, l'khá naéh l'shabéakh.
  Stronghold rock of my salvation, to you it is fitting to praise.
- Tanach, Isaiah 25:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  כִּי הָיִיתָ מָעוֹז לַ דָּל מָעוֹז לָאֶבְיוֹן בַּ צַּר לוֹ מַחְסֶה מִ זֶּרֶם צֵל מֵחֹרֶב כִּי רוּחַ עָרִיצִים כְּזֶרֶם קִיר׃
  ki hayíta ma'óz ladal, ma'óz la'evyón, batsár lo makhsé mizérem tsel mekhórev ki rúakh aritsím k'zérem kir
  For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.

Declension

Declension of מָעֹז

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	מָעֹז	first	מָעֻזִּי		מָעֻזֵּנוּ
	definite	הַמָּעֹז	second	מָעֻזְּךָ	מָעֻזֵּךְ	מָעֻזְּכֶם	מָעֻזְּכֶן
	construct	מָעֹז־	third	מָעֻזּוֹ	מָעֻזָּהּ	מָעֻזָּם	מָעֻזָּן
plural	indefinite	מָעֻזִּים	first	מעזיי / מָעֻזַּי		מָעֻזֵּינוּ
	definite	הַמָּעֻזִּים	second	מָעֻזֶּיךָ	מעזייך / מָעֻזַּיִךְ	מָעֻזֵּיכֶם	מָעֻזֵּיכֶן
	construct	מָעֻזֵּי־	third	מָעֻזָּיו	מָעֻזֶּיהָ	מָעֻזֵּיהֶם	מָעֻזֵּיהֶן

References

H4581 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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