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maxtēš מַכְתֵּשׁ ‘hollow’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kātaš כָּתַשׁ ‘to pound’
Roots: כתשׁ

maxtēš n, m
1) mortar

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2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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