me.tsad denotes a fortified or defensible place, including locations used for protection, hiding, or residence.

The term denotes fortified or defensible places: people hide or live in them, a ruler dwells in one, and they can be seized or occupied by warriors. The attested forms include singular and plural nouns, with the plural also appearing in construct form.

1. Fortified or defensible place · dominant

   Plural forms identify places where David lives or hides in 1 Samuel 23:14 and 1 Samuel 23:19, while Judges 6:2 places them among mountain caves made for protection from Midian. In Isaiah 33:16 the plural construct occurs in a clause that the APB renders as a defensible dwelling among "fortresses of rocks," and Jeremiah 48:41 and Jeremiah 51:30 present such places as seized or occupied by warriors.

   1 Samuel 23:141 Samuel 23:19Judges 6:2Isaiah 33:16Jeremiah 48:41Jeremiah 51:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant locations as "strongholds," and Isaiah 33:16 uses "fortresses of rocks." In several verses the token's individual English contribution is less clear because the translation gives the whole clause rather than definitions.