mas.sa denotes the quarry source or quarry stone used in building the house in 1 Kings 6:7.

The term occurs in the building description of 1 Kings 6:7, where it identifies the quarry-related source or stone from which the house was built.

1. Quarry source for building stone · dominant

   In 1 Kings 6:7, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the statement that the house was built with stone; the APB renders the phrase as “complete quarry stone” and then describes the absence of hammer, axe, and iron-tool sound during construction.

   1 Kings 6:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Kings 6:7, the APB presents the construction material as “complete quarry stone.” It does not determine whether that wording isolates the noun itself or the larger phrase.