מְסוּכָה

«מְסוּכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: hedge — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 4534 · BDB: מְסוּכָה²

Glosses

than.a.thorn.hedge (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

hedge tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hedge tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. hedge (‖ form of מְשֻׂכָה q.v. sub שׂוך);—only in fig. יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה Mi 7:4, read יְשָׁרָם מְס׳ (‖ טוֹבָם כְּחֵדֶק), their most upright one is a hedge (an obstruction).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מְסוּכָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Micah 7:4

טוֹבָ֣ם כְּחֵ֔דֶק יָשָׁ֖ר מִמְּסוּכָ֑ה י֤וֹם מְצַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ פְּקֻדָּתְךָ֣ בָ֔אָה עַתָּ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה מְבוּכָתָֽם׃

Word for word: their.good person [is].like a.thorn-bush an.upright.[person] more than.a.thorn.hedge the.day of your.watchmen punishment your it.has.come now it.will.be confusion their

JPS 1917: The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge; the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

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