Word Study · Strong's H4717 · Hebrew
מַקָּבָה
maqqabah
mak-kaw-baw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: maqqâbâh
“properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)
Rendered in the KJV as
hammer.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת1
- וּבַמַּקָּב֖וֹת1
- וּמַקָּב֤וֹת1
How it is rendered · 3
- and hammers1
- and with hammers1
- and with the hammers1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/R/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncfpa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
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