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title: מַעֲצָד — axe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲצָד (4621), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: axe. BDB 1906: axe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲצָד

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«מַעֲצָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **axe** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4621 · **BDB:** מַעֲצָד²

### Glosses

a.tool (1); tool (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲצָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4621/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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