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# מֵסַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4524

**that which surrounds** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֵסַב²: that which surrounds is round Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4524/#m2)

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: my surroundings (1); round about (1); table (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 140:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.10/#tree)

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.

[Song of Songs 1:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.12/#tree)

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4524.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4524/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).