mahpexet מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת ‘stocks’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from hāfax הָפַךְ ‘to overturn’
Roots:
הפך
mahpexet n, f
1) stocks
1a) similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting)
1b) house of stocks, prison-house