Lexicon / H4170
מוֹקֵשׁ
mo.qesh
  • snare
  • a bait
  • lure
  • a snare

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: snare

bait, lure, snare

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: a bait; lure; a snare

Root √יקשׁ: יָקֹשׁ vb lay a bait lure lay snares Qal lay snares bait-layers fowlers Pt ;. as subst. Niph be caught by bait ensnared . Pu entrapped . .or, then gen.

מוֹקֵשׁ n.m a bait lure a snare . prop.orin a fowler's net; then fig.