mas.ger denotes a craft worker in deportation lists and occurs in passages concerning imprisonment or confinement.

The dominant attested use is an occupational designation placed with craftsmen in lists of people taken from Jerusalem or carried away; in two Isaiah passages, the same masculine singular form occurs in clauses about prisoners, a pit, and a prison, where its precise contribution is less clear from the translation.

1. Craft worker in deportation lists · dominant

   In 2 Kings 24:14 and 2 Kings 24:16, the masculine singular absolute form is listed with craftsmen and smiths among those taken captive to Babylon. Jeremiah 24:1 likewise places it beside “the artificer” in the group carried from Jerusalem, while Jeremiah 29:2 includes it with craftsmen and metalworkers who departed from Jerusalem.

   2 Kings 24:142 Kings 24:16Jeremiah 24:1Jeremiah 29:2
2. Term appearing in confinement clauses · common

   In Isaiah 24:22, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in a clause where the APB renders people gathered as prisoners, shut up in prison, and later punished. In Isaiah 42:7, it occurs in the stated mission to bring a prisoner out from “the dungeon” and “the house of prison”; the translation does not isolate the term's exact English contribution.

   Isaiah 24:22Isaiah 42:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the deportation passages, the APB presents the term within lists containing “craftsmen,” “smiths,” “the artificer,” and “metalworkers.” In the Isaiah passages it instead renders the surrounding clauses with “prison,” “dungeon,” and “house of prison,”.