maq.qa.vah denotes a hammer used in construction, metalworking, and fastening work.

The attested plural forms refer to hammers as practical tools: absent from the building site in 1 Kings 6:7, used in shaping work in Isaiah 44:12, and used with nails to secure an object in Jeremiah 10:4.

1. Hammer as a working tool · dominant

   All three occurrences show the plural noun in tool-related clauses. In 1 Kings 6:7 the APB renders hammers among tools not heard during construction; in Isaiah 44:12 it renders a worker shaping material; and in Jeremiah 10:4 it renders hammers used with nails so that an object does not totter.

   1 Kings 6:7Isaiah 44:12Jeremiah 10:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “hammer” in 1 Kings 6:7 and “hammers” in Isaiah 44:12 and Jeremiah 10:4. These renderings confirm the tool setting of the clauses rather than supplying a separate sense.