מֶ֫לֶט
me.let
H4423
H:N-M
Hebrew
mortar
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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language
me.let denotes the mortar-like material in which stones are to be hidden at a brick-paved entrance.
The sole attested use places the noun in the material of a brick pavement where large stones are to be hidden.
Senses in use
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Pavement material used to conceal stones · dominant
In Jeremiah 43:9, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the command to hide large stones in the material of the brick pavement at Pharaoh's palace entrance; the APB renders the clause "hide them in the mortar in the brick pavement."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 43:9, the APB presents the material as "mortar" within a "brick pavement." The term's precise English correspondence remains limited to the clause's overall presentation.