H4281 - מַחֲרֵשָׁה (machărêshâh)

H4281 מַחֲרֵשָׁה (machărêshâh) makh-ar-ay-shaw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 2790; probably a pick-axe

KJV Usage: mattock

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַחֲרֵשָׁה (ma.cha.re.shah) — plowshare. plowshare

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַחֲרֵשָׁה (H4281 · H4282) — מַחֲרֶשֶׁת SAHD

noun f · חרשׁ

Tools | ≈ אֵת · קַרְדֹּם

plough(-point) = triangular blade ◄ made of metal (bronze or iron), and part of a larger contraption ► used for breaking the soil to make it ready for cultivation

1SA 13:20 · 1SA 13:20 · 1SA 13:21

¹ 1SA 13:20 MT HOTTP-B NJPS מַחֲרֵשָׁתֹו | LXX RSV NIV NJB REB NRSV REB GNT CEV חרמשׂו = חֶרְמֵשׂ "sickle, scythe". 'Ploughshare' is the traditional translation, but not adequate. Triangular blade does seem to be correct. Options to handle the (odd) repetition of 'plougpoint' in 1SAM13:20. (1) Emendation cf. versiones; (2) Follow vocalisation Masoretes, imlpying different object (3) Or part of the totality of plough.

Paul Sanders

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מַחֲרֵשָׁה, מַחֲרֶ֫שֶׁת] n.f. ploughshare base