Isaiah 51:20 uses this term in a vivid simile: God's people are 'like an antelope in a net,' caught and helpless. The word denotes a hunting net or snare designed to entangle and immobilize prey. The image conveys total helplessness—the wild antelope's speed and agility are useless once trapped. The prophet describes Jerusalem's sons lying at the head of every street, not from rest but from divine judgment that has ensnared them. The net metaphor appears elsewhere in Scripture for various kinds of entrapment, but here specifically captures the stunned immobility of those caught in God's wrath.