Original Word: מַעֲבֵה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: maabeh
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ab-eh')
Short Definition: clay מַעֲבֶה noun [masculine] si vera lectio, thickness, compactness; — בְּמַעֲבֵה הָאֲדָמָה 1 Kings 7:46 in the compactness of the soil, i.e. clayey ground or clay mould = 2 Chronicles 4:17 (where ᵑ0 ׳בַּעֲבִי הָ); but read doubtless in both בְּמַעְבֶּרֶת אֲדָמָה at the ford of Adamah, see GFM^{Judges 7:22} Benz^K.

עָבוֺת see עבת.

עבט (perhaps √ of following; compare Assyrian ubbu‰u° (II. of אבט [= עבט ?]) be pledged Dl^{HWB 6}; Aramaic (Talmud) עֲבִיטָה pledge, עֲבַט Ithpe`el be taken in pledge; but We^{Joel 2:7} thinks עֲבוֺט Aramaic loan-word, and compare Arabic hold, keep, guard).

clay

From abah; properly, compact (part of soil), i.e. Loam -- clay.

see HEBREW abah

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