מַקֶּ֫בֶת
maq.qe.vethammerHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine2 occurrences2 books2 verses
Definition
from H5344; properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
Traditional renderings: hammer, hole.
Traditional renderings: hammer, hole.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2 total
- Judges 4:21הַמַּקֶּ֣בֶת · a hammerBut as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
- Isaiah 51:1מַקֶּ֥בֶת · the quarry“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.