mas.s.vor denotes the tool set beside an axe as an instrument handled by another.

The attested use identifies an instrument wielded by someone else, contrasted with the person who handles it in Isaiah 10:15.

1. An instrument wielded by a handler · dominant

   In Isaiah 10:15, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the question of whether the instrument can exalt itself over the one who waves it. The APB renders the clause, "Does the saw exalt itself over the one who waves it," confirming the verse's comparison between a tool and its handler.

   Isaiah 10:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 10:15, the APB presents the term in the clause "Does the saw exalt itself over the one who waves it." This rendering is confirmed by the tool-and-handler comparison in the verse.