me.chu.gah denotes the instrument used by a woodworker to mark out a human-shaped figure.

The term is attested for a tool used as a woodworker marks out the form of a human figure in Isaiah 44:13.

1. A tool for marking out a figure · dominant

   In Isaiah 44:13, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the sequence of a woodworker's measuring and shaping actions; the APB renders the clause "with a compass he marks it out" before the figure is made like a man.

   Isaiah 44:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 44:13, the APB presents the tool as a "compass" used to mark out the work. This rendering confirms the verse's tool-setting without isolating every nuance of the Hebrew term.