mikh.la.ah denotes an enclosure for livestock, including folds or sheepfolds in the attested verses.

The attested uses denote livestock enclosures: plural construct forms occur with goats and a flock, while the singular occurs where a flock is cut off from its enclosure.

1. Livestock enclosure for flocks and herds · dominant

   In Psalm 50:9, the plural construct form occurs in the clause about taking goats, and the APB renders the verse with “goats from your folds.” In Psalm 78:70, another plural construct form occurs in taking David from the flock's sheepfolds; in Habakkuk 3:17, the singular absolute form stands in the statement that the flock is cut off, with the APB rendering “the fold.”

   Psalm 50:9Psalm 78:70Habakkuk 3:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the enclosure with “folds,” “sheepfolds,” and “the fold” across the three verses. These renderings confirm the livestock-setting of the clauses rather than establish separate senses.