מוֹקֵשׁ

מוֺקֵשׁ noun masculine^{Ord 12,13} properly a bait or lure in a fowler's net; then figurative snare — absolute מוֺקֵשׁ 2 Mos 10,7 + 15 t.; construct Ord 18,7; Ord 20,25 plural מוֺקְשִׁים Sl 64,6; Job 40,24 מֹקְשִׁים Sl 140,6 construct מוֺקְשֵי Sl 18,6 + 3 t.; מֹקְשֵׁי 2 Sam 22,6 f. מֹקְשׁוֺת Sl 141,9 bait or lure, in a net for birds Amos 3,5 will not pierce nostril of hippopotamus Job 40,24 elsewhere figurative of what allures and entraps any one to disaster or ruin; Moses a snare to Egyptians 2 Mos 10,7 (J); מוֺקְשֵׁי עָם Job 34,30, of men who are the ruin of their people; idols and idol-worship a pernicious lure to Israel 2 Mos 23,33 (JE), 5 Mos 7,16; Dom 2,3; Dom 8,27; Sl 106,36 so alliances with Canaanites 2 Mos 34,12 (JE), Jos 23,13 (D); Michal, to David 1 Sam 18,21 of ׳י as cause of ruin to evildoers Es 8,14 of plots of wicked Sl 64,6; Sl 140,6 (verb שִׁית; || פַּח, חֲבָלִים, רֶשֶׁת), Sl 141,9 (|| פַּח); a lure or snare for wicked in their transgressions Ord 29,6; Sl 69,23 (|| פַּח); consisting in transgressions of lips Ord 12,13, compare Ord 18,7; Ord 20,25 in wrathfulness Ord 22,25 in fear of man Ord 29,25 מָוֶת ׳מ Sl 18,6 = 2 Sam 22,6 (|| חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֺל), Ord 13,14; Ord 14,27.