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helv ( עץ , ‛ēc "wood," "tree"): The handle or wooden part of an ax. "The head (margin "iron") slippeth from the helve" (margin "tree," Deuteronomy 19:5 ). The marginal reading suggests that "the ax is supposed to glance off the tree it is working on.»
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Helve'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​h/helve.html. 1915.
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