Lexicon
מֵסַב
me.sav
H4524
H:N-M Hebrew

surrounds

5
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

me.sav denotes a surrounding or encircling setting, including what is around a place or object.

The noun occurrences describe an around-relationship: walls are treated “around” the house, locations are said to be around Jerusalem, something is turned around, and the king is situated around the nard. A participial occurrence in Psalm 140:10 cannot be assigned a more precise contribution from the non-aligned translation.

Senses in use

  1. A surrounding or encircling setting · dominant

    In 1 Kings 6:29, the singular noun occurs with the walls of the house, where the APB renders the setting as walls “around” the house. The plural noun in 2 Kings 23:5 is used in the clause concerning places “around Jerusalem”; Job 37:12 has a plural form in a statement that something “is turned around”; and Song of Songs 1:12 places the king “around the nard” in the APB.

  2. Participial occurrence with unclear contribution · rare

    Psalm 140:10 uses a masculine plural construct Hiphil active participle rather than a noun form. The APB renders the verse as an imprecation involving burning coals and fire, but its non-aligned wording does not make this form's specific contribution clear.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the noun occurrences with “around” in several clauses and “turned around” in Job 37:12. In Psalm 140:10, the translation does not clearly isolate the participial form's rendering.

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