מַצֶּבֶתmatstsebeth
pillar, maƒƒ¢b¹, stump, stock, stump
Pronunciation: mats-tseh'-beth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4678
Meanings
1.
a. pillar, as monument, personal memorial (2 Samuel 18:18)
b. a stone, set up (שׂים, הציב), and anointed as memorial of divine appearance (Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:22; Genesis 31:13)
c. especially of sacred stones or pillars in connection with altar (Exodus 24:4; Hosea 3:4; Hosea 10:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 35:14 Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.
- Genesis 35:20 Jacob set up a stone monument over Rachel’s grave, and it can be seen there to this day.
- 2 Samuel 18:18 During his lifetime, Absalom had built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and it is known as Absalom’s Monument to this day.
- Isaiah 6:13 If even a tenth—a remnant—survive, it will be invaded again and burned. But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).