Lexical Definition

‎מַקָּבָה‎ maqqâbâh (mak-kaw-baw') hammer ^H:N-F
from ‎נָקַב‎

hammer.

• properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)

1) hammer

Extended Information

spelling of: מַקֶּבֶת

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: מַקֶּבֶת

I. ‎מַקֶּ֑בֶת‎ noun feminine hammer (by means of which one drives in nails and pegs); — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Judg 4:21 (+ ‎יָתֵד‎); elsewhere plural ‎מַקָּבוֺת‎ 1Kgs 6:7 (+ ‎גַּרְזֶן‎); Isa 44:12; Jer 10:4 (+ ‎מַסְמְרוֺת‎). — On name Maccabee see Schü^{Geschichte. i. 158}.

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