Lexical Definition

‎מַקְצוֹעַ‎ maqtsôwaʻ (mak-tso'-ah) Angle ^H:N-M
or מַקְצֹעַ maqtsôaʻ (maktso-ah); or (feminine) מַקְצֹעָה maqtsôʻâh (mak-tso-aw'); from ‎קָצַע‎ in the denominative sense of bending

corner, turning.

• an angle or recess

1) place of corner structure, corner buttress, inner corner-buttress
1a) corner post, buttress-place, buttress

See Greek: γωνία · κέρας · μέρος

Extended Information

• Also means: me.quts.ah (‎מ‎ְ‎ק‎ֻ‎צ‎ְ‎ע‎ָ‎ה‎ "corner" מְקֻצְעָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִקָצֹעַ‎ noun masculine^{Ezek 46:21} place of corner-structure, (inner) corner-buttress (as (place of) cutting off of an inner angle if √ rightly explained; see RS^{l.c. 71-81}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Neh 3:19 +, ‎צוֺעַ‎- Neh 3:20 +; construct ‎צֹעַ‎- Ezek 46:21 (twice in verse); plural absolute ‎מִקָצֹעֹת‎ Exod 26:24; Exod 36:29, construct ‎עוֺת‎- Ezek 46:22, ‎מִקְצוֺעֵי‎ vEzek 46:21, also ‎מְקֻצְעֹת‎ Exod 26:23; Exod 36:28 Di (not Pu`al Participle from ‎קָצַע‎ Thes Buhl^{Lex 13} and others), but read probably ‎מִקְצֹעֹת‎, so SS Baen; suffix ‎מִקְצֹעוֺתָיו‎ Ezek 41:22-corner-post of altar Ezek 41:22, tabernacle Exod 26:23; Exod 26:24 = Exod 36:28; Exod 36:29 (inner) buttress-place of court, where the small corner-courts were, Ezek 46:21 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:22 of inner (rock- ?) buttress at northeast corner of wall of Jerusalem, ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎, nearly = proper name, Neh 3:19; Neh 3:20; Neh 3:25, also (distinguished from ‎פִּנָּה‎) vNeh 3:24; 2Chr 26:9.

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