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is the rendering, in the A.V., of two Heb. words:
1. îֶìְ÷ָçִéַí , melkacha yinr (1Ki_7:49; 2Ch_4:21; Isa_6:6'), or îִìְ÷ָçִéַí , malkachac yin (Exodus 25:38; 27:23 [“snuffers” ]; Num_4:9), both from ìָ÷ִç , to take, and signifying prop. pincers, either for holding coals or for trimming a lamp, SEE SNUFFERS; and
2. îִòֲöָã , maatsad (Isa_44:12), an axe (q.v.) (as rendered in Jer_10:3), from òָöִã , to fell a tree.