1) a catching instrument, snare, trap Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3920 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1115b
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מַלְכֹּ֑דֶת] noun femininea catching instrument, i.e. a snare, trap, only figurative; suffix מַלְכֻּדְתּוֺ עֲלֵי נָתִיבJob 18:10 of the wicked ("" טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֺ).
Job 18:10 HEB:בָּאָ֣רֶץ חַבְל֑וֹ וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃ NAS: in the ground, And a trap for him on the path. KJV: for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. INT: the ground A noose trap on the path