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(prop. îִùְׁ÷åֹ Š, mashkoph', lit. a projecting cover; Exo_12:22; Exo_12:33; "upper door-post," Exo_12:7; also ëִּôְúֹּø , kaphtor', a chaplet, i.e., capital of a column, Amo_9:1; Zep_2:14; elsewhere a "knop" of the candelabrum; and àִéַì , a'yil, a "ram," as often; hence a pilaster or pillar in a wall, 1Ki_6:31, elsewhere "post"), the head-piece of a door, or the horizontal beam covering the side-posts or jambs. SEE POST. This the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb on the memorable occasion when the Passover was instituted. SEE PASSOVER.