pitchfork
miz.reh denotes a winnowing implement used with fodder and in the act of winnowing people.
The attested noun denotes a winnowing implement: Isaiah 30:24 places it with a shovel in preparing fodder, while Jeremiah 15:7 uses it in the image of winnowing people.
Senses in use
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Winnowing implement · dominant
Both occurrences show the singular absolute noun in winnowing imagery. In Isaiah 30:24 the APB renders the fodder as having been winnowed “with shovel and fork”; in Jeremiah 15:7 it renders the action as winnowing people “with a winnowing fork.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the implement as “fork” alongside a shovel in Isaiah 30:24 and as “a winnowing fork” in Jeremiah 15:7. These renderings confirm the verses' winnowing context rather than isolate the term mechanically.