ham'-er: The Hebrew maqqebheth, occurs inJud 4:21, where it refers to the mallet (probably wooden) used to drive tent-pins into the ground. The same word occurs in1Ki 6:7;Isa 44:12;Jer 10:4as applied to a workman's hammer. paTTish (compare Arabic, fatis), occurs inIsa 41:7;Jer 23:29;50:23. It was probably a blacksmith's hammer or heavy hammer used for breaking rock. There is doubt about the rendering ofJud 5:26, where the word, halmuth, occurs. From the context, the instrument mentioned was probably not a hammer. InPs 74:6, kelaph, is better translated "axes," not "hammers."
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James A. Patch