Lexicon
סְבֹךְ
so.vekh
H5441
H:N-M Hebrew

thicket

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so.vekh denotes the place from which a lion comes up in Jeremiah 4:7.

The attested use denotes a lion's place or cover from which it comes up, set within the verse's image of devastation in Jeremiah 4:7.

Senses in use

  1. A lion's place of cover or emergence · dominant

    In Jeremiah 4:7, the masculine singular construct noun occurs in the clause describing a lion coming up from its place; the APB renders the clause, "A lion has come up from his thicket," before describing a destroyer making the land a horror.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 4:7, the APB presents the clause as "A lion has come up from his thicket." This rendering confirms the clause's setting without establishing a finer distinction.

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