station
mats.tsav denotes a stationed military force or a designated place or post in the biblical passages supplied.
The dominant usage denotes a Philistine military station or garrison approached, crossed toward, or shaken in the Samuel narratives. The remaining occurrences use it for a designated location where priests stood in the Jordan and for an official post from which someone is removed.
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Philistine military station or garrison · dominant
In 1 Samuel 13:23 the construct form occurs in the clause where a Philistine station comes out toward the ford of Michmash. In 1 Samuel 14:1, 1 Samuel 14:4, and 1 Samuel 14:6, Jonathan proposes crossing over to the Philistine station; 1 Samuel 14:11 describes the two men showing themselves to it, while 2 Samuel 23:14 places a Philistine garrison at Bethlehem. In 1 Samuel 14:15, the absolute form is included among what trembles.
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Designated place or official post · common
In Joshua 4:3 and Joshua 4:9, the construct form identifies the place where the priests' feet stood in the Jordan, the location beneath which Joshua set twelve stones. In Isaiah 22:19, it occurs in the clause about being pulled down from an office or station.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “station” in the Samuel and Isaiah clauses, and as “garrison” in 2 Samuel 23:14. In Joshua 4:3 and Joshua 4:9 it presents the relevant clause through “the place where the feet of the priests stood,”.