UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related names: מַחְסֵיָה

Related lemmas: חסה

Sense 1: refuge, hiding-place

Semantic domains: Hide (002002001009)

Core domains: Security (152); Confidence and Fear (043); Well-Being (196)

Definition: = location where one goes to find protection or safety; ◄ because of difficult circumstances

Show passage in OET: JOB 24:8

OET-RV JOB 24:8

8 They get soaked by the showers in the hills,
⇔ ≈ and huddle against the rocky ledge for shelter.

OET-LV JOB 24:8

8 From_the_rainstorm _of the_mountains they _are _wet and_from_not shelter they _embrace the_rock.

Show passage in OET: PSA 104:18

OET-RV PSA 104:18

18 The high hills are for the wild goats.
⇔ Their crevices are a safe place for the rock badgers.

OET-LV PSA 104:18

18 The_mountains (the)_high belong_to_goats crags are_a _refuge for_badgers.

Jump to OET JOB 24:8 section.

Jump to OET PSA 104:18 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: OET JOB 24:8

PSA: OET PSA 104:18

ISA: OET ISA 4:6

Sense 2: refuge, hiding-place, protector

Semantic domains: Confident (002001002003)

Core domains: Security (152); Confidence and Fear (043); Well-Being (196)

Definition: = person in whom one has put one's trust; ◄ because of difficult circumstances; ► in order to find protection or safety

Show passage in OET: PSA 14:6

OET-RV PSA 14:6

6 You want to humiliate poor people,
⇔ even though they go to Yahweh to find safety.

OET-LV PSA 14:6

6 The_plan _of the_poor you(pl)_will _put _to _shame if/because YHWH refuge _of_is_his.

Show passage in OET: PSA 46:2

OET-RV PSA 46:1

46 God is our protection and our strength,
⇔ always ready to help when troubles come.

OET-LV PSA 46:2

2  god to/for_us is_a _refuge and_strength a _help in_troubles he _is _found exceedingly.

Jump to OET PSA 14:6 section.

Jump to OET PSA 46:1 section.

All 15 recorded passages for this sense

PSA: OET PSA 14:6 · OET PSA 46:1 · OET PSA 61:3 · OET PSA 62:7–8 · OET PSA 71:7 · OET PSA 73:28 · OET PSA 91:2 · OET PSA 91:9 · OET PSA 94:22 · OET PSA 142:5

PRO: OET PRO 14:26

ISA: OET ISA 25:4

JER: OET JER 17:17

JOL: OET JOL 3:16

Sense 3: refuge, hiding-place

Semantic domains: Act (002002002001)

Core domains: Security (152); Confidence and Fear (043); Well-Being (196)

Definition: = kind of behavior ► through which one aims to attain a state of well-being

Show passage in OET: ISA 28:15

OET-RV ISA 28:15

15 because you’ve all said, “We’ve come to an agreement with death,
⇔ ≈ and we have an understanding with the grave.
⇔ When the overwhelming scourge goes past,
⇔ it won’t bother us because we’ve made lies our shelter,
⇔ ≈ and we hide in deception.”

OET-LV ISA 28:15

15 If/because you(pl)_have _said we _have _made a _covenant with death and_with Shəʼōl we _have _made an _agreement a _scourge overflowing if/because it _will _pass _by not it_will _come _to _us if/because we _have _made falsehood refuge _of_our and_in_deception we _have _hidden _ourselves.

Show passage in OET: ISA 28:17

OET-RV ISA 28:17

17 Then I’ll make justice into a measuring stick,
⇔ and righteous into a levelling tool.
⇔ Hail will sweep away the shelter of lies,
⇔ and floods will drown the hiding place.

OET-LV ISA 28:17

17 And_I _will _make justice (into)_a_measuring-line and_righteousness (into)_a_levelling _tool and_ hail _it _will _sweep _away the_refuge _of falsehood and_the_shelter waters they _will _overflow.

Jump to OET ISA 28:15 section.

Jump to OET ISA 28:17 section.

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַחְסֶה

Form 1

Sense 1: refuge, hiding-place

Sense 2: refuge, hiding-place, protector

Sense 3: refuge, hiding-place