mesav · around; surroundings

What it means

mesav (מֵסַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “around; surroundings”.

What surrounds: around, round about. Also the place where guests sit in a circle.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. On every side; those all about.
2. A couch, a long comfortable seat on which the king reclines.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• around ×3
• those who surround me ×1
• was at his couch ×1

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×1
• Song of Songs×1

• 1 Kings 6:29

  And all the walls of the house all around he carved with engravings of carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.

• 2 Kings 23:5

  He put an end to the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem, and to those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens.

• Job 37:12

  And it turns around by his designs, to do all that he commands them over the face of the world, the earth.

• Psalms 140:9

  As for the head of those who surround me, may the trouble of their lips cover them.

• Song of Songs 1:12

  While the king was at his couch, my nard gave its fragrance.