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title: מַסֵּכָה — molten metal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסֵּכָה (4541), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: molten metal. BDB 1906: n.f. libation molten metal image. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַסֵּכָה

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«מַסֵּכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **molten metal** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 26 times · **Key:** 4541 · **BDB:** מַסֵּכָה³

### Glosses

a.molten.image (10); of.molten.metal (4); image (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

molten metal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4541/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. libation molten metal image [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4541/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. libation; 2. molten metal, or image;—מ׳ Ex 32:4 +; cstr. מַסֵּכַת Is 30:22; pl. מַסֵּכוֹת 1 K 14:9 +; sf. מַסֵּכֹתָם Nu 33:52;— libation, with covenant sacrif. in making covenant Is 30:1 (= 1. נֶסֶךְ; see, however, sub II. \[נָסַךְ\]). molten metal, or image: עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה molten calf Ex 32:4, 8; Dt 9:16; Ne 9:18, cf. ψ 106:19; אֱלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה molten gods Ex 34:17; Lv 19:4; צַלְמֵי מ׳ Nu 33:52; פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה Dt 27:15; Ju 17:3, 4; 18:14; Na 1:14; 2 Ch 34:3, 4, elsewhere (variously) Dt 9:12; Ju 18:17, 18; 1 K 14:9; 2 K 17:16; 2 Ch 28:2; Is 30:22; 42:17; Ho 13:2; Hb 2:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַסֵּכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4541/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 34:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.17/)

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אֱלֹהֵ֥י מַסֵּכָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂה־לָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* gods of.molten.metal not you.must.make for yourself

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

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[Psalms 106:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.19/)

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יַעֲשׂוּ־עֵ֥גֶל בְּחֹרֵ֑ב וַ֝יִּשְׁתַּחֲו֗וּ לְמַסֵּכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* they.made a.calf at Horeb and they.bowed.down to a.molten.image

*JPS 1917:* They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

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