H4476 H4476
possession, place of possession (of plants)
This noun appears only in Zephaniah 2:9 in a highly uncertain text, apparently referring to a 'possession of chickpeas' or perhaps a place where nettles grow. The phrase describes Moab's future desolation—a land overgrown with weeds. However, the text is likely corrupt, with the Septuagint reading 'Damascus' instead. Modern scholars propose various emendations, making any confident translation provisional at best.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Zephaniah 2:9's judgment on Moab includes this word in a phrase about desolate vegetation. BDB suggests 'possession of chickpeas,' while translations vary (English 'possession of', Spanish 'posesión de'). However, the Septuagint's 'Damascus,' alternative proposals like 'thistles,' and scholarly admission of probable textual corruption all indicate this is one of Scripture's most uncertain words—we simply don't know what the original text said. 1×
AR["مَنْبَتَ"]·ben["অধিকার"]·DE["[ממשק]"]·EN["a-possession-of"]·FR["domination"]·heb["ממשק"]·HI["जगह"]·ID["padang-jelatang"]·IT["[ממשק]"]·jav["panggonan-suket-asin"]·KO["소유지"]·PT["posse-de"]·RU["зарослями"]·ES["posesión-de"]·SW["mahali-pa"]·TR["sahipliği-"]·urd["گڑھا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מִמְשָׁק] n.[m.] possession (? so RV), perhaps better place of possession, place possessed by; only cstr. מִמְשַׁק חָרוּל Zp 2:9 a place possessed by chickpeas (> AV breeding of nettles), 𝔊 Δαμασκος. Word very dubious (We GASm); text prob. corrupt; SchwallyZAW x. 1890, 188 conj. meaning place of growth; Gr (so Now) proposes קִמּוֹשׂ, or קִמְּשׂנִים.