Lexicon
מַקְצֻעָה
maq.tsu.ah
H4741
H:N-F Hebrew

plane

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Hebrew
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maq.tsu.ah denotes tools used by a woodworker while shaping a human-like figure.

The attested use places the plural noun among a woodworker's implements as he shapes a human-like figure in Isaiah 44:13.

Senses in use

  1. Woodworker's shaping tools · dominant

    In Isaiah 44:13, the plural absolute form occurs in the sequence of a woodworker marking out and shaping material before making a figure like a man; the APB renders the clause, "he shapes it with planes."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 44:13 the APB presents the term within the woodworker's tool sequence as "planes,".

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