ma.tsar denotes the self-control a person lacks when compared with a city without walls.

The single attested use presents ma.tsar as the self-control whose absence leaves a person like a city broken down without walls.

1. Self-control contrasted with an unprotected city · dominant

   In Proverbs 25:28, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the comparison between a city broken down without walls and a person who lacks control over himself; the APB renders the verse, "A city broken down without walls is a man who lacks self-control."

   Proverbs 25:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 25:28, the APB presents the comparison through "self-control,".