מַחְצֵב
machtsev · hewing, quarry
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4274 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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machtsev (מַחְצֵב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hewing, quarry”.
The cutting of stone in the quarry. "Quarried stones" are stones cut and prepared for building (2 Kings 12:12; 22:6).
How to say it
mach·tsev
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
- Stone cut out and dressed for building.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 2 Kings 12:12
and to the masons and to the stonecutters, and to buy timber and quarried stones to repair the breaches of the house of YHWH, and for all that was spent on the house to repair it.
- 2 Kings 22:6
to the carpenters, the builders, and the masons, and to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the house.
- 2 Chronicles 34:11
They gave it to the craftsmen and to the builders, to buy quarried stones and timber for the clamps, and to provide beams for the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.