- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- מַצֶּ֣בֶת2
- לַמַּצֶּ֙בֶת֙1
- מַצֶּ֥בֶת1
- מַצֶּ֙בֶת֙1
- מַצַּבְתָּֽהּ׃ פ1
How it is rendered · 6
- [is] [the] pillar of1
- a pillar1
- a pillar of1
- a stump1
- stump its1
- to the pillar1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 2
- HNcfsc · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 35:14מַצֶּ֣בֶתmatzevetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.here: a pillar of
- Genesis 35:20מַצֶּ֥בֶתmatzevetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.here: [is] [the] pillar of
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 18:18מַצֶּ֙בֶת֙matzevetnoun · feminine singularDuring his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.here: a pillar
- 2 Samuel 18:18לַמַּצֶּ֙בֶת֙lamatzevetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularDuring his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.here: to the pillar
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 6:13מַצֶּ֣בֶתmatzevetnoun · feminine singularAnd though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”here: a stump
- Isaiah 6:13מַצַּבְתָּֽהּ׃ פmatzavtahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”here: stump its