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מַקֶּבֶת

maq.qe.vet

hole

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Strong’s H4718bNoun, feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

the excavation of1

In the text

Isaiah 51:1מַקֶּבֶת
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַקֶּבֶת n.f. hole, excavation;—only cstr. Is 51:1

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.