hit.tukh denotes the melting of silver in a furnace as an image of Jerusalem's coming ordeal.

The attested use denotes melting in the furnace comparison: Ezekiel 22:22 sets the melting of silver within a furnace alongside the people being melted in the city's midst.

1. Furnace melting as a comparison · dominant

   In Ezekiel 22:22, the construct masculine singular noun occurs in the comparison of silver in a furnace with the people being melted in the city's midst. The APB renders the verse, "As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so you will be melted in her midst," presenting the noun within that furnace-melting image.

   Ezekiel 22:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 22:22, the APB presents the surrounding comparison with "silver is melted" and "you will be melted." It does not isolate a separate English rendering for the noun.