pruner
maz.me.rah denotes a pruning implement, used for cutting vine growth and for tools made from spears.
The attested use denotes a pruning implement: in vineyard work it is associated with cutting tendrils and shoots, and in two parallel peace scenes it is the agricultural tool into which spears are beaten.
Senses in use
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Pruning implement · dominant
The plural noun occurs in a vine-cutting setting in Isaiah 18:5, where the APB renders the clause, "then the tendrils are cut with pruning knives, and the shoots are turned aside and struck away." In Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3, the same plural form stands in the clause where spears are beaten into pruning hooks; the APB presents an agricultural implement contrasted with weapons.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "pruning knives" in Isaiah 18:5 and "pruning hooks" in Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3. These phrases indicate the clauses' presentation rather than separate lexical senses.