Lexicon
מִסְגֶּ֫רֶת
mis.ge.ret
H4526
H:N-F Hebrew

perimeter

18
Occurrences
6
Books
Hebrew
Language

mis.ge.ret denotes a surrounding structural border or frame, and in some clauses a fortified enclosure.

The attested uses chiefly concern structural surrounding elements on stands, described as panels, frames, or borders; the same noun also marks the perimeter around a table and occurs in clauses about fortified enclosures from which people emerge or tremble.

Senses in use

  1. Structural frames or bordering sections · dominant

    Plural forms occur in the construction of the stands in 1 Kings 7:28, where the APB renders panels as being “between the frames.” In 1 Kings 7:31 the plural construct form is associated with square perimeters, while 1 Kings 7:36 places engravings on the supports and borders; 2 Kings 16:17 describes panels being cut away from the stands.

  2. A surrounding rim of the table · common

    In Exodus 25:25, singular construct forms occur in the instruction to make a handbreadth surrounding feature around the table and then a gold border around it. Exodus 25:27 places the rings close to this feature, and Exodus 37:12 and Exodus 37:14 repeat the completed-table description.

  3. Fortified enclosure · occasional

    In 2 Samuel 22:46, the plural construct form appears in the clause where foreigners come trembling out of their “fortresses.” Micah 7:17 likewise has a plural construct form in a clause about trembling from “their strongholds”; the term's specific English counterpart in Psalm 18:46 is not isolated by the translation.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term in structural contexts through “frames,” “perimeters,” “borders,” and “panels,” and in enclosure contexts through “fortresses” and “strongholds.” These renderings show the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for each token.

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