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# מַעֲצָד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4621

**axe** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

axe [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4621/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַעֲצָד²: axe [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4621/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] axe;—Je 10:3; in Is 44:12 prob. del. (so Du CheHpt. Skinner).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a tool (1); tool (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 10:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.3/#tree)

כִּֽי־חֻקּ֥וֹת הָֽעַמִּ֖ים הֶ֣בֶל ה֑וּא כִּֽי־עֵץ֙ מִיַּ֣עַר כְּרָת֔וֹ מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵ֥י־חָרָ֖שׁ בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.customs of the.peoples \[is\].futility it (dm) a.tree from a.forest someone has.cut.it.down \[the\].work of.\[the\].hands of.a.craftsman with (the) tool

*JPS 1917:* For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for it is but a tree which one cutteth out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

[Isaiah 44:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.12/#tree)

חָרַ֤שׁ בַּרְזֶל֙ מַֽעֲצָ֔ד וּפָעַל֙ בַּפֶּחָ֔ם וּבַמַּקָּב֖וֹת יִצְּרֵ֑הוּ וַיִּפְעָלֵ֙הוּ֙ בִּזְר֣וֹעַ כֹּח֔וֹ גַּם־רָעֵב֙ וְאֵ֣ין כֹּ֔חַ לֹא־שָׁ֥תָה מַ֖יִם וַיִּיעָֽף׃

*Word for word:* a.craftsman of.iron a.tool and he.works.\[it\] on the charcoal and with (the) hammers he forms.it and he worked.it with the.arm his.strength his also he.is.hungry and there.\[is\].not strength not he.drinks water and he.grew.weary

*JPS 1917:* The smith maketh an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4621.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4621/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).