Lexical Summary machtah: a fireholder, censer, snuff dish Original Word: מַחְתָּהTransliteration: machtah Phonetic Spelling: (makh-taw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a fireholder, censer, snuff dish Meaning: a fireholder, censer, snuff dish Strong's Concordance censer, firepan, snuffdish The same as mchittah in the sense of removal; a pan for live coals -- censer, firepan, snuffdish. see HEBREW mchittah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4289. machtah מַחְתָּה noun feminine fire-holder, censer, snuffdish; — absolute ׳מ Leviticus 16:12; Numbers 17:11; suffix מַחְתָּתוֺ Leviticus 10:1+ 4 t.; plural absolute מַחְתּוֺת Numbers 16:6 4t.; מַחְתֹּת 16:17 3t.; construct מַחְתּוֺת 17:3; 17:4; suffix מַחְתֹּתָיו Exodus 27:3; מַחְתֹּתֶיהָ 25:38 2t; — 1 snuff-holder, snuff-dish (NowArchäol. ii, 63. 65) of gold Exodus 25:38; 37:23; Numbers 4:9 (all P). 2 bronze utensils, fire-pans, belonging to altar of burnt-offerings Exodus 27:3; 38:3, compare Numbers 4:14 (all P); fire-pans of gold 1 Kings 7:50 2 Chronicles 4:22; 2 Kings 25:15 = Jeremiah 52:19. 3 censer, Leviticus 10:1; 16:12; Numbers 16:6, 17 (4 t. in verse); 16:18; 17:2; 17:3; 17:4 (of bronze), 16:11 (all P). חַתְחַת חִתָּה, see below חתת. |
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