mat.a.te denotes the implement used in Isaiah’s image of sweeping a place away in destruction.

The attested use names the implement in the image of sweeping a place away amid declared destruction in Isaiah 14:23.

1. Implement in an image of sweeping away · dominant

   In Isaiah 14:23, the construct singular noun occurs in the clause about sweeping her away; the APB renders the clause “I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction,” confirming an instrument used within the image of devastation.

   Isaiah 14:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 14:23, the APB presents the term in the phrase “with a broom of destruction.” This rendering is only a guide to the clause’s imagery.