Jastrow: מְצוּדָה

מְצוּדָה f. (b. h.; צוּד) hunting apparatus, net, trap; bow. Kel. XXI, 3, v. אָשׁוּת. Ib. XV, 6 מְצוּדַת החולדה a trap for weasels. Sabb. 43ᵇ שלא יעשנה כמ׳ he must not spread the mat so as to form a trap (for the bees). Esth. R. to III, 2 (ref. to Ps. CXL, 6) מ׳ פרשו לי או"ה וכ׳ the nations laid a trap to ruin me, saying to me, worship idols &c. Ab. III, 16 מ׳ פרוסה על וכ׳ a net is spread over all the living (none can escape divine judgment); a. e.—Ber. 9ᵇ; Pes. 119ᵃ כמ׳ זו שאין בה דגים Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) like a net without fish; (oth. vers. כמ׳ … דגן like a fort without provision; Rashi: like a trap without grain to attract the birds), v. מְצוּלָה.—Pl. מְצוּדוֹת. Tosef. Bets. III, 1; Y. Sabb. XIII, 14ᵃ bot.; Y. Bets. III, 62ᵃ top מְצָדוֹת; a. fr.—[Y. Erub. IV, 21ᵈ bot. מצודות, read: מְצוֹפוֹת.]