ma.zon denotes provisions supplied for travel or support, including food sent to a father and abundant supplies for fortified cities.

The two attested uses place the noun among provisions supplied for practical need: food sent with a traveler’s provisions in Genesis 45:23 and abundant sustenance supplied to fortified cities in 2 Chronicles 11:23.

1. Provisions supplied for need · dominant

   Both occurrences are masculine singular absolute nouns in clauses about supplying provisions. In Genesis 45:23, the APB renders a shipment for a father’s journey as carrying “grain and bread and food”; in 2 Chronicles 11:23, it renders the provision made for fortified cities as “abundant food.”

   Genesis 45:232 Chronicles 11:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the noun as “food” in both verses, within a list of travel provisions in Genesis 45:23 and as abundant supplies for cities in 2 Chronicles 11:23. The noun’s precise contribution is best kept at the level of supplied provisions.