פָּסַל

pa.salto hewHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb6 occurrences4 books6 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to carve, whether wood or stone
Traditional renderings: grave, hew.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

6 total
  1. Exodus 34:1פְּסָל־ · Chisel out
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
  2. Exodus 34:4וַיִּפְסֹ֡ל · chiseled out
    So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
  3. Deuteronomy 10:1פְּסָל־ · Chisel out
    At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
  4. Deuteronomy 10:3וָאֶפְסֹ֛ל · chiseled out
    So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
  5. 1 Kings 5:18וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ · quarried the stone
    So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
  6. Habakkuk 2:18פְסָלוֹ֙ · should carve it
    What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.