ma.tsor denotes a hindrance or restraint in the statement that nothing can impede the LORD's saving action.

The sole attested use places ma.tsor in Jonathan's assertion that nothing can stand in the way of the LORD's saving, whether by many or by few.

1. A hindrance to saving action · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 14:6, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in Jonathan's statement that nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few. The APB renders the surrounding clause, "since nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few,".

   1 Samuel 14:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 14:6, the APB presents the clause as "nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few." Its precise English correspondence to the noun cannot be isolated with certainty.