פָּסַל
pâçal · H6458 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to cut, to carve, to hew
Causative action by which humans create objects out of wood or stone
ExamplesExodus 34:1 Now the LORD said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you smashed.
Exodus 34:4 So he cut out two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses got up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and he took the two stone tablets in his hand.
Deuteronomy 10:1 “At that time the LORD said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first two, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood for yourself.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- בָּנָהto build, to rebuild, to establish 2
- Not stated: you (one person) 2
- גִּבְלִיGebalite 1
- יָצַרto form, to fashion 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 2 groups
- לוּחַtablet, board 4
- וֹhim 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- כlike/as+ רִאשׁוֹןfirst, former 4
- לto/for+ ךָּyou 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- חָצַב châtsab · H2672 · to hew, to hew out, to dig
- Hebrew verb meaning to hew or cut stone, often used in similar contexts of stone-working and quarrying; semantically overlaps with פָּסַל in the sense of cutting/hewing but is a distinct lexeme.
- חָקַק châqaq · H2710 · to carve, to portray, to draw
- Hebrew verb meaning to engrave or inscribe, sharing the carving/engraving sense with פָּסַל though often used for inscriptions and decrees; distinct lexeme that can overlap in contexts of engraving work.
In the other Testament 1 word
- λατομέω latoméō · G2998 · to cut rock, to hew out rock
- Greek verb meaning to hew or cut stone, corresponding to the sense of פָּסַל when used for hewing or cutting stone (as in quarrying contexts).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Shape002001001052
- פָּסַל means to hew or carve, as of Moses hewing two tablets of stone like the first in Exodus 34:1 and 34:4, and the shaping of an idol from wood or stone condemned in the prophets.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6458. pasal מָּסַל verb hew, hew into shape (Late Hebrew Pi`el hew off boughs; Aramaic…
מָּסַל verb hew, hew into shape (Late Hebrew Pi`el hew off boughs; Aramaic מְּסַל, = Biblical Hebrew; Nabataean פסלא stone-cutter); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix מְּסָלוֺ Hab 2:18; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּפְסֹל Exo 34:4, etc.; Imperative masculine singular מֲּסָלֿ Exo 34:1; Deu 10:1; — hew out stone tablets Exo 34:1, Exo 34:4; Deu 10:1, Deu 10:3; building-stones 1 Kings 5:32; with cognate accusative (suffix referring to מֶּסֶל) Hab 2:18.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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