maktesh: mortar Original Word: מַכְתֵּשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: maktesh
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-taysh')
Short Definition: hollow
Word Origin
from kathash
Definition
mortar
NASB Translation
hollow (1), mortar (1).
מַכְתֵּשׁ noun masculine mortar (place of pounding, braying; compare Palmyrene proper name, masculine מכתש = contundens VogNo. 97) — absolute ׳מ Proverbs 27:22 (see foregoing); hollow resembling a mortar Judges 15:19 (whence came forth a water-spring; compare GFM), Zephaniah 1:11 #NAME? Jerusalem, compare SchwZAW x. (1890), 173 f.
hollow place, mortar From kathash; a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth) -- hollow place, mortar. see HEBREW kathash
בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ במכתש הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ המכתש bam·maḵ·têš bammachTesh bammaḵtêš ham·maḵ·têš hammachTesh hammaḵtêš
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