pillar
mats.tse.vet denotes an erected marker at a memorial or tomb and, in Isaiah’s image, a remaining stump.
The attested use most often concerns an erected object marking a place, a tomb, or a name; Isaiah 6:13 uses the same form in the image of a stump remaining after a tree is felled.
Senses in use
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Erected memorial or tomb marker · dominant
In Genesis 35:14, the construct-form noun occurs in Jacob’s setting up of a stone object at the place where he had spoken with him; the APB renders the clause with “a pillar.” In Genesis 35:20 it stands upon Rachel’s tomb, while in 2 Samuel 18:18 Absalom sets one up and names it after himself; the APB likewise renders these objects “pillar.”
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Remaining tree stump · occasional
In Isaiah 6:13, the absolute-form occurrences appear in the comparison of an oak after it is felled; the APB renders the remaining object as “stump.” The clause presents it as what remains after felling, rather than as an erected marker.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “pillar” in the accounts of erected objects and as “stump” in Isaiah 6:13. These renderings are read with the clauses and supplied morphology rather than treated as direct lexical equivalents.