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( îִçֲæִé÷ áֶּãֶ÷ , machazik' be'dek, a repairer of the breach, as in 2Ki_12:8; 2Ki_22:5; Sept. and Vulg. translate at random, ïῦôïé ἐíßó÷õïí ôὴí âïõëήí , habuerunt nautas ad ministerium varice supellectilis),a workman skilled in stopping the seams of the deck or sides of a vessel, which appears to be the correct idea of the passages (Eze_27:9; Eze_27:27) where the inhabitants of Gebal (or Byblus) are said to have been employed in this capacity on the Tyrian vessels. SEE TYRE; SEE NAVIGATION.