מַסֵּכָה
Used: 26 times · Key: 4541 · BDB: מַסֵּכָה³
Glosses
a.molten.image (10); of.molten.metal (4); image (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
molten metal tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. libation molten metal image tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. 1. libation; 2. molten metal, or image;—מ׳ Ex 32:4 +; cstr. מַסֵּכַת Is 30:22; pl. מַסֵּכוֹת 1 K 14:9 +; sf. מַסֵּכֹתָם Nu 33:52;— libation, with covenant sacrif. in making covenant Is 30:1 (= 1. נֶסֶךְ; see, however, sub II. [נָסַךְ]). molten metal, or image: עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה molten calf Ex 32:4, 8; Dt 9:16; Ne 9:18, cf. ψ 106:19; אֱלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה molten gods Ex 34:17; Lv 19:4; צַלְמֵי מ׳ Nu 33:52; פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה Dt 27:15; Ju 17:3, 4; 18:14; Na 1:14; 2 Ch 34:3, 4, elsewhere (variously) Dt 9:12; Ju 18:17, 18; 1 K 14:9; 2 K 17:16; 2 Ch 28:2; Is 30:22; 42:17; Ho 13:2; Hb 2:18.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מַסֵּכָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אֱלֹהֵ֥י מַסֵּכָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂה־לָּֽךְ׃
Word for word: gods of.molten.metal not you.must.make for yourself
JPS 1917: Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
יַעֲשׂוּ־עֵ֥גֶל בְּחֹרֵ֑ב וַ֝יִּשְׁתַּחֲו֗וּ לְמַסֵּכָֽה׃
Word for word: they.made a.calf at Horeb and they.bowed.down to a.molten.image
JPS 1917: They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.
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