Word Study · Strong's H4881 · Hebrew

מְשׂוּכָה

mesukah

mes-oo-kaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉsûwkâh

“a hedge”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a hedge

Rendered in the KJV as

hedge.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת1
מְשׂוּכָּתוֹ֙1

How it is rendered · 2

[is] like a hedge of1
hedge its1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 1
HR/Ncfsc · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Proverbs1 of 2 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 15:19כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַתkimsukhatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.here: [is] like a hedge of

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 5:5מְשׂוּכָּתוֹ֙mesukatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNow I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.here: hedge its

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