This Aramaic-influenced verb describes enclosing something with a protective barrier, like a hedge or fence around a vineyard. Song of Solomon uses it poetically: the beloved's body is compared to 'a heap of wheat hedged about with lilies.' The imagery suggests both protection and adornment—the lilies form a living fence that beautifies even as it guards. In Isaiah 17:11, the intensive form may describe careful tending and fencing of a plant, though some interpret it as 'making it grow.'