מִקְשָׁה
miksha · hammered work
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4749 · appears 10 times in the Bible
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miksha (מִקְשָׁה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hammered work”.
Work made by beating metal with a hammer, not cast in a mold.
How to say it
mik·sha
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Metal worked by hammer, not cast in a mold.
- A melon patch or garden of cucumbers and melons.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- hammered work ×9
- cucumber field ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 25:18
You shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them, at the two ends of the cover of expiation.
- Exodus 25:31
You shall make a lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work the lampstand shall be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
- Exodus 25:36
Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one hammered work of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:7
And he made two cherubim of gold; of hammered work he made them, at the two ends of the cover of expiation,
- Exodus 37:17
And he made the lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the lampstand, its base and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
- Exodus 37:22
Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it; all of it was one hammered work of pure gold.
- Numbers 8:4
And this was the workmanship of the lampstand: hammered work of gold; from its base to its blossoms it was hammered work. According to the vision that YHWH had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
- Numbers 10:2
“Make for yourself two trumpets of silver; of hammered work you shall make them; and they shall be for you for summoning the community and for setting out the camps.
- Jeremiah 10:5
Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field they are, and they do not speak; they must be carried, for they do not walk. Do not fear them, for they do not do harm, and also to do good is not in them.”
And 1 more times.