--- title: מַצֶּבֶת — pillar · The Tanakh dictionary description: מַצֶּבֶת (4678), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: pillar. BDB 1906: n.f. pillar maṣṣēbā Hoph. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4678.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-7.md)‎ / מַצֶּבֶת‎ # מַצֶּבֶת «מַצֶּבֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pillar** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers. **Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4678 · **BDB:** מַצֵּבָה ### Glosses a.pillar (1); pillar (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) pillar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4678/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. pillar maṣṣēbā Hoph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4678/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pillar, maṣṣēbā, stump; on this v. also Lagrange Études Bibl. 197 ff. and review by BauZMG lvii (1903), 830; also GFMEB massebah Sta Bib. Theol. i. § 55 OC WhitehouseHastDB pillar—abs. מַצֵּבָה Ho 3:4 +, מַצֶּ֫בֶת 2 S 18:18a (read הַמּ׳ 𝔊 Dr Bu Kit), v 18b Is 6:13, cstr. מַצְּבַת 2 K 3:2; 10:27, מַצֶּ֫בֶת Gn 35:14, 20; sf. מַצַּבְתָּהּ Is 6:13; pl. abs. מַצֵּבוֹת 1 K 14:23, cstr. מַצְּבוֹת 2 K 10:26, etc.;— pillar, as monument, personal memorial 2 S 18:18(×2). a stone, set up (שׂים, הציב), and anointed as memorial of divine appearance Gn 28:18, 22; 31:13 (all E), 35:14(×2) (J); so also 33:20 (E), where ins. מ׳, or read מ׳ for MT מִזְבֵּחַ (We Di NowArch. ii. 18), set up (שׂים, הרים, חציב), in token of an agreement 31:45, 51, 52(×2) (all E); over grave 35:20(×2) (E). especially of sacred stones or pillars in connexion with altar, erected (בנה) by Moses Ex 24:4 (E; 12 pillars), Ho 3:4; 10:1, 2 Is 19:19; conj. also 2 K 12:10 for MT מִזְבֵּחַ Sta ZAW v (1885), 296 NowArch. l.c., but dub., v. Benzad loc.; (usually + אֲשֵׁרִים etc.): of Canaanites Ex 23:24 (E), 34:13 (J), Dt 7:5; 12:3, cf. מ׳ הַבַּעַל 2 K 3:2; 10:26, 27; Tyre, מ׳ עֻזֵּךְ, Ez 26:11, of obelisks of Heliopolis in Egypt Je 43:13; condemned for Isr. by Deut. code, and Deut. redaction of K: Dt 16:22; 1 K 14:23; 2 K 17:10; 18:4; 23:14;, 2 Ch 14:2; 31:1; cf. Mi 5:12; Lv 26:1 (H).—On maṣṣēbā v. further NowArch. ii. 18 f. BenzArch. 380 f. Dr Dt. 16:21 f. WeSkizzen iii. 99, 165 RSSem. i. 184 ff. 437 f.; 2d ed. 204 ff. 456 f.; K. 50.—Ju 9:6 v. \[נָצַב\] Hoph. stock, stump of tree Is 6:13a (in sim.), so v 13b (fig.; but prob. del. as gloss). Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מַצֶּבֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4678/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [2 Samuel 18:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.18/) וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֣ם לָקַ֗ח וַיַּצֶּב־ל֤וֹ בְחַיָּיו֙ אֶת־מַצֶּ֙בֶת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּעֵֽמֶק־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֤י אָמַר֙ אֵֽין־לִ֣י בֵ֔ן בַּעֲב֖וּר הַזְכִּ֣יר שְׁמִ֑י וַיִּקְרָ֤א לַמַּצֶּ֙בֶת֙ עַל־שְׁמ֔וֹ וַיִּקָּ֤רֵא לָהּ֙ יַ֣ד אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ס *Word for word:* and Absalom he.had.taken and he.had.set.up for himself in life his (et) a.pillar which \[is\].in the.valley of the.king (dm) he.said there.\[belongs\].not to me a.son in order to.cause.to.be.remembered name my and he.called (to) the pillar on name his.own and it.has.been.called to it the.monument of.Absalom until the day (the) this *JPS 1917:* Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said: 'I have no son to keep my name in remembrance'; and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument unto this day. - ← previous: [מְצֹבָיָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4677.md) - next →: [מַצֶּבֶת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e6_5b6_5bc_5d1_5b6_5ea.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-7.md)