---
title: מֵסַב — that which surrounds · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵסַב (4524), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: that which surrounds. BDB 1906: that which surrounds is round Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4524.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-6.md)‎ / מֵסַב‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# מֵסַב

<!-- .meta -->
«מֵסַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **that which surrounds** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 4524 · **BDB:** מֵסַב²

### Glosses

my.surroundings (1); round.about (1); table (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

that which surrounds [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4524/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

that which surrounds is round Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4524/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] that which surrounds, or is round;— pl. surrounding places, מְסִבֵּי יְרוּשׁ׳ 2 K 23:5 places round about Jerus. as adv. מֵסַב round about 1 K 6:29; fpl. מְסִבּוֹת on all sides, in all directions, Jb 37:12 (of cloud Di sf. מְסִבּוֹ Ct 1:12 dub.: round table Ew De; cushion, divan BaeKau; cf. on all these Bu.—מְסִבָּ֑י ψ 140:10 v. סבב Hiph.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵסַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4524/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 140:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.10/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
רֹ֥אשׁ מְסִבָּ֑י עֲמַ֖ל שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ יְכַסֵּֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the.head my.surroundings my the.mischief their.lips their may it.cover.them

*JPS 1917:* As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Song of Songs 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.12/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
עַד־שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹ נִרְדִּ֖י נָתַ֥ן רֵיחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* until that the king \[was\].at table his nard my it.gave.forth odor its

*JPS 1917:* While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [מָס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4523.md)
- next →: [מְסִבָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e1_5b4_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d4.md)
- ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-6.md)