Lexical Definition

‎מַקֶּבֶת‎ maqqebeth (mak-keh'-beth) hammer ^H:N-F
from ‎נָקַב‎

hammer, hole.

• properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)
• also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry

1) hole, excavation, perforation
2) hammer, perforator

See Greek: βόθυνος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎מַקֶּ֑בֶת‎ noun feminine hole, excavation; — only construct ‎בּוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Isa 51:1 (figurative),excavation of a pit, = quarry (|| ‎צוּר‎).

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