מִקְשָׁהmiqshâh

place, field, of cucumbers (Isaiah 1:8; Jeremiah 10:5)

Pronunciation: mik-shaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4750

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 1:8 Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard, like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest, like a helpless city under siege.
  • Jeremiah 10:5 Their gods are like helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field! They cannot speak, and they need to be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).