מוֹקֵשׁ

n.m. Pr 12:13 proposes a bait or lure in a fowler’s net; then fig. snare—abs. מוֹקֵשׁ Ex 10:7 + 15 times; cstr. Pr 18:7; 20:25; pl. מוֹקְשִׁים ψ 64:6 Jb 40:24; מֹקְשִׁים ψ 140:6; cstr. מוֹקְשֵי 18:6 + 3 times; מֹקְשֵׁי 2 S 22:6; f. מֹקְשׁוֹת ψ 141:9; bait or lure, in a net for birds Am 3:5; will not pierce nostril of hippopotamus Jb 40:24; elsewhere fig. of what allures and entraps any one to disaster or ruin; Moses a snare to Egyptians Ex 10:7 (J); מוֹקְשֵׁי עָם Jb 34:30, of men who are the ruin of their people; idols and idol-worship a pernicious lure to Israel Ex 23:33 (JE), Dt 7:16 Ju 2:3; 8:27 ψ 106:36; so alliances with Canaanites Ex 34:12 (JE), Jos 23:13 (D); Michal, to David 1 S 18:21; of י׳ as cause of ruin to evildoers Is 8:14; of plots of wicked ψ 64:6; 140:6 (vb. שִׁית; ‖ פַּח, חֲבָלִים, רֶשֶׁת), 141:9 (‖ פַּח); a lure or snare for wicked in their transgressions Pr 29:6 ψ 69:23 (‖ פַּח); consisting in transgressions of lips Pr 12:13, cf. 18:7; 20:25; in wrathfulness 22:25; in fear of man 29:25; מ׳ מָוֶת ψ 18:6 = 2 S 22:6 (‖ חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֹל), Pr 13:14; 14:27.