me.tso.dah denotes a net-like trap in the comparison of people being suddenly ensnared.

The single attested use places the noun in a comparison with fish caught in a harmful net and people suddenly ensnared by a harmful time.

1. A net used to catch and ensnare · dominant

   In Ecclesiastes 9:12, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the comparison of fish being caught before the verse applies the image to people ensnared when a harmful time suddenly falls on them; the APB renders the verse with fish “grasped in a harmful net.”

   Ecclesiastes 9:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ecclesiastes 9:12, the APB presents the clause as fish “grasped in a harmful net.” This identifies the verse’s image rather than a certain isolated English equivalent.