Et denotes an agricultural implement, named among tools sharpened and as the result of refashioning weapons.

The occurrences identify et as an agricultural implement: it is listed among tools taken for sharpening, and plural forms name what swords are beaten into when nations cease learning war.

1. Agricultural implement · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 13:20 the singular construct form occurs among implements each man takes to be sharpened; in 1 Samuel 13:21 the plural absolute form is included in the stated sharpening fee. In Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3, plural forms occur in the clause where swords are beaten into agricultural implements as nations no longer lift sword against one another.

   1 Samuel 13:201 Samuel 13:21Isaiah 2:4Micah 4:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all four verses, the APB presents the term as “plowshare” or “plowshares,”. The Samuel verses place it among tools for sharpening, while Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3 place it in the refashioning of swords.