מַצֵּבָה H4676

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standing stone

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

pillar

Note

From נָצַב "be stationed": a stone made to stand, as memorial (28:18, 22; 31:45; 35:20) or as the shrine-stone the law forbids (Exod 23:24; Deut 16:22). "Pillar" is left for עַמּוּד

Rulings

2, 39

Declared to share English with

H68 — false clash (128f): standing stone / stone
H3351 — false clash (128f): standing stone / standing thing

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 28

28:18 And Jacob started early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head-place, and put it as a standing stone, and poured oil on its head.
28:22 and this stone, which I have put as a standing stone, shall be a house of Elohim; and all that you give me, tithing I will tithe it to you."