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helv (×¢×¥, ‛eÌ„c “wood,†“treeâ€): The handle or wooden part of an ax. “The head (margin “ironâ€) slippeth from the helve†(margin “tree,†). The marginal reading suggests that “the ax is supposed to glance off the tree it is working on.