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מַצֵּבָה, מַצֶּ֫בֶת noun feminine pillar, maƒƒ¢b¹ , stump; — absolute מַצֵּבָה Hos 3:4 +, מַצֶּ֫בֶת 2Sam 18:18 a (read ׳ הַמּ ᵐ5 Dr Bu Kit), 2Sam 18:18 b Isa 6:13, construct מַצְּבַת 2Kgs 3:2; 2Kgs 10:27, מַצֶּ֫בֶת Gen 35:14; Gen 35:20 suffix מַצַּבְתָּהּ Isa 6:13 plural absolute מַצֵּבוֺת 1Kgs 14:28, construct מַצְּבוֺת 2Kgs 10:26, etc.; —
1.
a.
pillar, as monument, personal memorial
2Sam 18:18
(twice in verse).
b. a stone, set up (שׂים, הציב), and
anointed as memorial of divine appearance Gen 28:18; Gen 28:22; Gen 31:13 (all
E
), Gen
35:14
(
J
); so also
Gen 33:20 (
E
), where insert ׳
מ, or read ׳
מ for
ᵑ0
מִזְבֵּחַ (We
Di
NowArchaeology ii.18), set up (שׂים),
הרים, חציב in token of an agreement Gen 31:45; Gen 31:51; Gen 31:52 (twice in verse)
(all
E
); over grave Gen 35:20 (twice in verse)
c. especially of sacred stones
or
pillars in connection with altar, erected (בנה) by Moses Exod 24:4 (
E
; 12 pillars),
Hos
3:4; Hos
10:1
; Hos 10:2
;
Isa 19:19
conjecture also
2Kgs 12:10 for
ᵑ0
מִזְבֵּחַ
StaZAW v (1885), 296
NowArchaeology l.c., but dubious, see Benzon the passage; (usually + אֲשֵׁרִים
etc.): of
Canaanites Exod
23:24
(
E
), Exod
34:13 (
J
), Deut 7:5
;
Deut 12:3
compare
הַבַּלְַ
׳
מ
2Kgs 3:2; 2Kgs 10:26
;
2Kgs 10:27
Tyre, עֻזֵּךְ
׳
מ, Ezek 26:11, of obelisks of Heliopolis in Egypt; condemned for Israel by
Deuteronomic code, and Deuteronomist redaction of Kings: Deut 16:22; 2Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 17:10; 2Kgs 18:4; 2Kgs 23:14
; 2Chr 14:2;
2Chr 31:1
compare
Mic 5:12; Lev 26:1 (
H
). — On
maƒƒ¢b¹
see further NowArchaeology ii.18 f.
BenzArchaeology 380 f.
Dr
Deut
16:21
f.
WeSkizzen iii.99,165
RSSem.i.184 ff. 437.f; 2d ed. 204 ff. 456 f.; K. 50.
On this see also LagrangeÉtudes Bibl. 197 ff. and review by BauZMG lvii
(1903),
830; also GFMEB MASSEBAH StaBib. Theol. i. § 55 OCWhitehouseHast. DB
PILLAR. — Judg
9:6
see [
נָצַב
]
Hoph`al
2.
stock, stump of tree Isa 6:13 a (in simile), so Isa 6:13 b (figurative; but probably strike
out as gloss).