ma.a.vay denotes the desires associated with those surrounding the speaker in Psalm 140:9.

The lone attested use places the term in a construct expression concerning the desires of those surrounding the speaker in Psalm 140:9.

1. Desires of surrounding opponents · dominant

   In Psalm 140:9, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the expression concerning those surrounding the speaker; the APB renders the verse, "As for the head of those surrounding me, trouble covers their lips." The translation does not isolate the term's own English contribution, so the clause supports only the broad sense of desires associated with these people.

   Psalm 140:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 140:9, the APB presents the surrounding clause as "As for the head of those surrounding me, trouble covers their lips," but it does not provide a one-to-one rendering that isolates this term.