BDB5890 [H4585]
1. den, lair of wild beasts: of כְּפִיר , מְעֹנָתוֺ Amos 3:4, so plural absolute מְעוֺנוֺת Job 38:40 (|| סֻכָּה ), suffix מְעוֺנֹתָם Ps 104:22 construct מְעֹנוֺת אֲרָיוֺת Song 4:8 מְעֹנֹתָיו Nah 2:13 (|| חֹרָיו ; of אַרְיֵה , figurative of Nineveh); of חַיָּה in general, בִּמְעוֺנֹתֶיהָ תִשְׁכֹּן Job 37:8 (|| אָ֑רֶב ); so apparently figurative of men, hunted by ׳ י , מְעוֺנוֺתֵינוּ Jer 21:13, figurative also of ׳ י dwelling in temple, singular suffix, מְעוֺנָתוֺ בְּצִיּוֺן Ps 76:3 (|| סוּכּוֺ ).
2. figurative מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם Deut 33:27 the ancient God is a dwelling-place (for his people; compare I. מָעוֺן 3).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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