BDB7630
I. מִקְשָׁה noun feminine place, field, of cucumbers, Isa 1:8 so Jer 10:5 Gf Gie and others (compare Baruch 6:70).
Strong's Lexicon
H4750
H4750 — מִקשָׁה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4750 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מִקשָׁה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | denominative from H7180 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | miqshah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mik-shaw' |
| Meaning: | 1. (literally) a cucumbered field, i.e. a cucumber patch |
| KJV Renderings: | garden of cucumbers. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB7641
II. מִקְשָׁה noun feminine perhaps hammered work, only of metals (originally turner's work?); — absolute ׳ מ, of cherubim in tabernacle Exod 25:18; Exod 37:7, lampstand Exod 25:31; Exod 25:36; Exod 37:17; Exod 37:22; Num 8:4 (twice in verse), clarions Num 10:2. — I. ׳ מֹ see קשׁא .
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
מקשה (mik-shah’)
Isaiah 1:8
- KJV: And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
- EHCC: 83 a lodge in 4 garden of cucumbers,