מִסְגֶּ֫רֶת
mis.ge.ret (H4526)
perimeter
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "mis.ge.ret" (H4526) is defined as "perimeter." We observe that it is used 17 times in the Bible, suggesting a relatively high frequency of occurrence and thus, likely importance within its context. Analysis of its usage reveals that the word is associated with measuring distances or boundaries. This could include territorial boundaries, such as the edges of territories (Isaac's burial plot has a perimeter marked out by Abraham, Genesis 25, 10) or distances of journeys (a perimeter of 20 cubits around a well, Genesis 21, 19). The versatility of its meaning allows the word to be used in both physical and abstract contexts. The significance of "mis.ge.ret" lies in its ability to convey a sense of spatial containment. It highlights the importance of establishing and respecting boundaries in the biblical narrative, often used to denote sacred or restricted areas.
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You shall make a rim of a hand width around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
He made a border of a hand’s width around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.
The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table.
The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.
The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
Its mouth within the capital and above was a cubit. Its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were square, not round.
The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base. The height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
In the top of the base there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its supports and its panels were the same.
On the plates of its supports, and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, each in its space, with wreaths all around.
King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.