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title: מְשֻכָה — hedge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְשֻכָה (4881), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hedge. BDB 1906: n.f. hedge. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְשֻכָה

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«מְשֻכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hedge** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4881 · **BDB:** מְשֻׂכָֿה²

### Glosses

a.hedge (1); hedge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hedge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4881/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hedge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4881/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hedge (=מְסוּכָה);—cstr. מְשֻׂכַֿת חָ֑דֶק Pr 15:19 (in sim.).—מְשׂוּכָּתוֹ v. III. שׂכך.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְשֻכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4881/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.19/)

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דֶּ֣רֶךְ עָ֭צֵל כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת חָ֑דֶק וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].way of.a.sluggard \[is\].like a.hedge of.thorn\[s\] and.\[the\] path of.upright.\[people\] \[is\].cast.up

*JPS 1917:* The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; but the path of the upright is even.

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[Isaiah 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.5/)

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וְעַתָּה֙ אוֹדִֽיעָה־נָּ֣א אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י עֹשֶׂ֖ה לְכַרְמִ֑י הָסֵ֤ר מְשׂוּכָּתוֹ֙ וְהָיָ֣ה לְבָעֵ֔ר פָּרֹ֥ץ גְּדֵר֖וֹ וְהָיָ֥ה לְמִרְמָֽס׃

*Word for word:* and therefore let.me.make.know please you (et) \[that\].which I \[am\].about.to.do to vineyard my I.will.remove hedge its and it.will.become (into) grazing I.will.break.down wall its and it.will.become (into).a trampling.place

*JPS 1917:* And now come, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the fence thereof, and it shall be trodden down;

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