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מְסוּכָה
me.su.khah
H4534
H:N-F Hebrew

hedge

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me.su.khah denotes a sharp hedge-like barrier in a comparison of harmful people.

The term is used of a hedge-like object characterized as sharp in Micah 7:4, within a comparison that depicts even the upright person as harmful.

Senses in use

  1. A sharp hedge-like barrier in comparison · dominant

    In Micah 7:4, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the comparison, “the upright one is sharper than a hedge.” The APB renders the surrounding clause with a hedge as the point of comparison.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Micah 7:4, the APB presents the term in the comparison “sharper than a hedge.” It cannot establish a more precise English equivalent.

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