ma.a.tsad denotes a cutting or shaping tool used by craftsmen on metal and wood.

The term occurs as a singular masculine noun for a craftsman’s tool: in Isaiah it is used in metalworking, and in Jeremiah in cutting a tree from the forest.

1. Craftsman’s cutting or shaping tool · dominant

   Both occurrences show the noun in craft activity. In Isaiah 44:12 the APB renders an ironsmith working with an axe, laboring over coals and hammering metal into shape; in Jeremiah 10:3 it renders a tree cut from the forest by a craftsman with an axe.

   Isaiah 44:12Jeremiah 10:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “axe” in both verses, once for an ironsmith’s work and once for cutting a forest tree. It confirms the tool context rather than isolating every nuance of the Hebrew noun.