mis.gav denotes a protective height or stronghold, especially as a personal refuge in statements about God.

The attested use most often presents a protective refuge in personal statements about God, alongside language of safety, deliverance, strength, or trust. Two Isaiah contexts use the term for a fortified elevated defense: one is brought down, while another is described as a secure dwelling-place among rocky fortresses.

1. Personal refuge attributed to God · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 22:3, the singular construct form occurs in a series naming God as the speaker's rock, shield, refuge, and savior; the APB renders the clause "my high refuge and my refuge." Psalm 144:2 and Psalm 94:22 likewise place the term in declarations about God amid fortress, deliverer, shield, and rock language, while Psalm 59:17 calls God the speaker's refuge in a statement of praise.

   2 Samuel 22:3Psalm 144:2Psalm 59:17Psalm 62:7Psalm 94:22Psalm 9:10
2. Fortified elevated defense · occasional

   Isaiah 25:12 uses the singular construct form in the clause about the fortified refuge of walls being brought down to the dust. In Isaiah 33:16, the construct form belongs to a description of dwelling on heights, where the APB renders the setting as "the fortresses of rocks."

   Isaiah 25:12Isaiah 33:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "high refuge" in 2 Samuel 22:3, Psalm 144:2, Psalm 59:17, and Psalm 94:22, while Isaiah 25:12 and Isaiah 33:16 present fortified and rocky defensive settings. Other verses do not always isolate the term with a distinct English expression.