HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4389
מַכְתֵּשׁ
makh.tesh — Mortar
§ Maktesh = "a mortar" or "deep hollow" a hollow or valley evidently in the greater Jerusalem area
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Maktesh
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Historical dictionary entry
Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zeph. 1:11). It has been conjectured that it was the “Phoenician quarter” of the city, where the traders of that nation resided, after the Oriental custom.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.