mikh.me.ret denotes the net-like implement used to drag in and gather a catch, and later receives sacrificial honor.

The term denotes the net-like implement by which someone drags and gathers others; the same object is then the recipient of sacrifice and incense in the following verse.

1. Net used for dragging and gathering · dominant

   In Habakkuk 1:15, the construct singular form occurs in the clause where someone drags them and gathers them; the APB renders the verse with “net” and “dragnet.” In Habakkuk 1:16, the same construct singular form is the object to which sacrifice and incense are offered; the APB again renders the clause with “net” and “dragnet.”

   Habakkuk 1:15Habakkuk 1:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Habakkuk 1:15 and Habakkuk 1:16, the APB presents the relevant clauses with “net” and “dragnet.” It does not isolate which of those English terms corresponds to this form.