מַכְתֵּשׁ

מַכְתֵּשׁ noun masculine mortar (place of pounding, braying; compare Palmyrene proper name, masculine מכתש = contundens Vog^{No. 97}) — absolute ׳מ Prov 27:22 (see foregoing); hollow resembling a mortar Judg 15:19 (whence came forth a water-spring; compare GFM), Zeph 1:11 = a part of Jerusalem, compare Schw^{ZAW x. (1890), 173 f}.