The ih]!p or flesh hook was a brazen fork (Ex 27'), which had three teeth (1 S 2"). The hooks of Ezk 40" for hanging up the slaughtered carcases of the offered animals are called D:ri5;f' shlphattaim.
The firepan or chafing dish of 2 K 25'° .inn? mnhtAh was used for carrying burning coals. These vessels were of gold in the first temple.
The dishes or trays or other vessels in which food and drink were served are known by various names. Pottage was eaten out of the pot in which it was boiled (2 K 4'"'). Thomson describes the Bedawin sitting around a large saucepan and doubling their bread spoon-fashion to eat their lentil pottage (i. 253). Many of the vessels named were employed only in the temple service.
■^a-ijN 'agartdl, LXX \pvKTi^p, V ulg. phiala, only used in Ezr P and tr. ' charger,' was a gold bowl or basin, said by Ibn Ezra to be the same as that called mizrdk.
t3X 'aggdn', LXX KpaHip, used in Ex 24' for a wash-vessel or basin for sacrificial blood, made of gold, silver, or brass. Its plural is tr. cups in Is 22*1 ; see also Ca 7*.
^;0N 'Cisi'ik, an oil vessel 2 K 4' tr. ' pot,' after Kimchi, but more probably a flask or bottle.
i|-i!< 'argdz, a cofier or box, which could be slung to the side of a cart, such as that in which the votive oft'erings of the Philistines were sent ( 1 S 6").
pzp3 bakbuk, a wide-mouthed bottle or cruse for carrying honey (1 K 14'). It was of earthenware, and so was easily broken (Jer 19'' '") ; LXX renders it ^ik6s, which is the name given by Herodotus to the Babylonian casks of palm wine (i. 194). Athena;us uses it for a drinking vessel (784 D). In Maltese a large vessel of this kind is called bakb7/kii.
Ji';; ijabln, wine bowls (as Jer 35', LXX KcpiiMov), of earthenware, from which wine was poured into goblets. A Sliver cup used for drinking and divination Gn 44^; LXX kovSv, said to be a Persian word. It is used for the pots of wine out of which Jeremiah filled the k6s6th for the Rechabites, Jer 35".
.i^j guUAh, LXX <rrpcirTbv AvBiiuov, a round vessel for holding oil in a lamp Zee 4', the golden cruse of Ec 12', used also for the rounded bowls above the capitals of the temple-pillars in 1 K 7*' and 2 Ch 412. 13^ possibly volutes such as those shown on the tablet of Samas in the Brit. Museum.
13 kad, a pail or barrel to hold meal 1 K 17'*, or water 1 K IS''. This name is given to Rebekah's
Sitcher Gn 24'''- ""•, and to Gideon's men's pitchers g 7" ; see also Ec 12'.
'^^ klli, a vessel in general, of gold and silver Gn 24°', or of clay Lv 11", apparently so called irrespective of shape, used for the vessels of the temple Is 52", Ezr 1", Nu 4".
D13 kOs, a wine cup as in Gn 40"- "• ". Pharaoh's wine chalice, the cup which passed around the circle at a meal 2 S 12'. See also Pr 23", used metaphorically Ps 11« 116", Is SI""'", Hab 2" etc.
-o and 3p were vessels of measurement, the former about 8 bushels, the latter about 4 pints. nxr, also a measure, nearly equals the English peck, and is a little greater than the /iidios or ' Dushel' of Mt 5". See Weights and Measures.
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■l^s? klphSr, a deep cup or chalice as I Ch 28", Ezr 1'", and 8-'', probably a cup with a cover.
rjnp mahabath, a flat plate(V) for frj'ing or baking bread Lv 6" V, 1 Ch 23^, Ezk 4». See Bread.
njiriD mahtQ.h, a firepan 2 K 25", or an incense bowl Lv le'i^ a eoalpan Ex 27^ 25^, LXX irvpuov.
n;pjD menakkiydh, a sacrificial dish Ex 25'° 37", Nu 4', Jer 52^*, probably a libation vessel.
njiQ mldokdh, a mortar in which e.g. the manna ■was beaten before being baked Nu 11°.
piji? a bowl ; of these Hiram made a hundred 2 Ch 4», 1 K 7«- «. See Ex 25^, 1 Ch 28"- ", Nu 7", Zee 9". For the numbers of these 0t<i\at and aiTovSeia see Jos. Ant. viii. iii. 7, 8. It is a sacri- ficial bowl for dashing (p"i;) the blood in a volume against the altar (see Driver's note on Am &).
niii nod, a skin bottle, see above under Wine.
Sjj nebel, a skin of wine 1 S l** 10', 2 S 16' ; this word is also used for an earthen vessel as in Is 22** 30'*. It is also the name of a musical instrument, a lute (RV) or psaltery or viol Is 5".
IP saph, a basin or bowl for blood Ex 12*", Jer 52'», for wine Is 51", Zee 122.
^SD .icphel, a bowl Jg 5^ C ; LXX XcKiv-q ; also in 1 K 7" and 2 K 12'^
Ti^pak, a vial or flask of oil 1 S 10', 2 K 9'-»; LXX (paK6s, probably the same as the bnlchuk.
no5» zappalinth, a water bottle 1 S 26''2, 1 K 19°, or an oil bottle 1 K 17'- ; an oryballus or round vessel with a narrow neck, see Thomson, ii. 21. See 2 K 9'"' for box of ointment.