tsoor
a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many
applications, literally and figuratively, formative or
hostile):--adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up),
cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up
in bags.
And he sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Abimelech [040] privily [08649], saying [0559], Behold, Gaal [01603] the son [01121] of Ebed [05651] and his brethren [0251] be come [0935] to Shechem [07927]; and, behold, they fortify [06696] the city [05892] against thee.privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah