Fish-Hook

Fish-Hook

(in the plur. סִירוֹת דּוּגָה Thorns [as often rendered] Of Fishing; Sept. at random Λέβηται Ἔμπυροι Vulg. equally so Olle Ferventes, both taking the term in the sense of pots, contrary to the synonymous ענּוֹת , "hooks," of the other hemistich), used figuratively of an instrument of control ( Amos 4:2), after the analogy of animals which were tamed by putting hooks and rings in their noses (comp.  Isaiah 37:29;  Ezekiel 39:4; Job 40:26; see Oedmann, Sammnl. v,- 5).' Others, as Doderlein (in loc.), prefer to retain the simple meaning of Thorns, as referring to pastoral customs. (See Fishing).