makh.tesh denotes the place called “the Mortar,” whose inhabitants are told to wail in Zephaniah 1:11.

The attested use identifies “the Mortar” as a place whose inhabitants are addressed with a call to wail in Zephaniah 1:11.

1. A place called “the Mortar” · dominant

   In Zephaniah 1:11, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the address to the inhabitants of this place; the APB renders the clause “Wail, inhabitants of the Mortar.”

   Zephaniah 1:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Zephaniah 1:11, the APB presents the term as “the Mortar” in its address to the inhabitants.