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ham´ẽr: The Hebrew מקּבת, makÌ£kÌ£ebheth, occurs in , where it refers to the mallet (probably wooden) used to drive tent-pins into the ground. The same word occurs in ; ; as applied to a workman's hammer. פטּיש×, patÌ£ṭı̄sh (compare Arabic, faṭı̄s), occurs in ; ; . It was probably a blacksmith's hammer or heavy hammer used for breaking rock. There is doubt about the rendering of , where the word, הלמוּת, halmuÌ„th, occurs. From the context, the instrument mentioned was probably not a hammer. In , כּילף, keÌ„laÌ„ph, is better translated “axes,†not “hammers.†See TOOLS.