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Credit: G.dallorto

License: The copyright holder of this file, Giovanni Dall'Orto, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted.

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Comments: Archaeological Museum in Milan, (Italy). Ancient Roman wooden hammer, from Tebtynis (Egypt), dating from the 4th-5th century AD. Shot during a temporary exhibition, usually not on display. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto, February 1 2014.

 

Credit: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

License: Public Domain

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Comments: Stonemason's Mallet. Egypt, New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.

 

From Easton: (1.) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isaiah 41:7) and by quarry-men (Jeremiah 23:29). Metaphorically of Babylon (Jeremiah 50:23) or Nebuchadnezzar.

(2.) Heb. makabah, a stone-cutter's mallet (1 Kings 6:7), or of any workman (Judges 4:21; Isaiah 44:12)

(3.) Heb. halmuth, a poetical word for a workman's hammer, found only in Judges 5:26, where it denotes the mallet with which the pins of the tent of the nomad are driven into the ground.

(4.) Heb. mappets, rendered "battle-axe" in Jeremiah 51:20. This was properly a "mace," which is thus described by Rawlinson: "The Assyrian mace was a short, thin weapon, and must either have been made of a very tough wood or (and this is more probable) of metal. It had an ornamented head, which was sometimes very beautifully modelled, and generally a strap or string at the lower end by which it could be grasped with greater firmness."

Verses:

  • Exodus 25:18
  • Exodus 25:31
  • Exodus 25:36
  • Exodus 37:7
  • Exodus 37:17
  • Exodus 37:22
  • Exodus 39:3
  • Numbers 8:4
  • Numbers 10:2
  • Numbers 16:38
  • Numbers 16:39
  • Judges 4:21
  • Judges 5:26
  • 1 Kings 6:7
  • 1 Kings 6:32
  • 1 Kings 6:35
  • 1 Kings 10:16
  • 1 Kings 10:17
  • 2 Chronicles 9:15
  • 2 Chronicles 9:16
  • Isaiah 41:7
  • Isaiah 44:12
  • Jeremiah 10:4
  • Jeremiah 10:9
  • Jeremiah 23:29
  • Jeremiah 50:23
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​h/hammer.html. 2024.
 
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