Lexical Definition

‎פָּסַל‎ pâçal (paw-sal') to hew ^H:V
a primitive root

grave, hew.

• to carve, whether wood or stone

1) to cut, hew, hew into shape
1a) (Qal) to hew, hew out, quarry

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פָּסַל‎ verb hew, hew into shape (Late Hebrew Pi`el hew off boughs; Aramaic ‎פְּסַל‎, = Biblical Hebrew; Nabataean ‎פסלא‎ stone-cutter); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎פְּסָלוֺ‎ Hab 2:18 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּפְסֹל‎ Exod 34:4, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎פֲּסָלֿ‎ Exod 34:1; Deut 10:1 — hew out stone tablets Exod 34:1; Exod 34:4; Deut 10:1; Deut 10:3 building-stones 1Kgs 5:32* with cognate accusative (suffix referring to ‎פֶּסֶל‎) Hab 2:18.

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