Senses
1. shovels (cultic utensils) — The masculine plural noun yāʿîm (יָעִים), referring to shovels or ash-scoops used as cultic utensils in the tabernacle and temple service for removing ashes from the altar of burnt offering. Listed consistently alongside pots, basins, forks, and firepans in temple inventory passages (Ex 27:3; 38:3; Num 4:14; 1 Kgs 7:40,45; 2 Kgs 25:14; 2 Chr 4:11,16; Jer 52:18). English renders 'the shovels' and 'its shovels'; Spanish 'las palas/paletas' (scoops); Arabic الْمَجَارِفَ/مَجارِفَهُ (al-majārifa) 'shovels'; Korean 부삽들 (busapdŭl) 'shovels'; Swahili koleo/sepetu 'tongs/rake'; Hindi फावड़े/बेलचे (phāvṛe/belche) 'shovels.' The two clusters differ only in the presence of the article, conjunction waw, and possessive suffix (the-shovels vs. and-its-shovels), which are grammatical inflections of the same concrete noun meaning. 9×
AR["الـ-مَجَارِفَ","الْمَجَارِفَ","وَ-مَجارِفَهُ"]·ben["-বেলচাগুলি","এবং-তার-বেলচাগুলি","খুরপিগুলি","বেলচা","বেলচাগুলো","শাবল","শাবলগুলি"]·DE["[היעים]","der-Schaufeln","der-shovels","und-sein-Schaufeln"]·EN["and-its-shovels","the-shovels"]·FR["[היעים]","et-son-pelles","le-pelles","le-shovels"]·heb["ה-יעים","ו-יעיו"]·HI["और-उसके-बेलचे","फावड़ियाँ","फावड़े","फावड़ों","ह-फावड़ों"]·ID["dan-sekop-sekopnya","sekop-sekop"]·IT["[היעים]","e-suo-shovels","il-palette","il-shovels"]·jav["cethok-awu","lan-sèrok-sèrok-ipun","para-sékop","sekop-sekop","serok","serokan","skop-skop"]·KO["그-부삽들","그-부삽들을","그리고-그-부삽들과","부삽들을"]·PT["as-pás","e-pás-dele"]·RU["и-лопаты-его","лопатки"]·ES["las-palas","las-paletas","y-sus-palas"]·SW["koleo","na-akamaliza","na-koleo-zake","na-vyombo-hivi-vyote","sepetu"]·TR["-kürekleri","kurekleri","kürekleri","kürekleri-","ve-kürekleri"]·urd["-بیلچے","اور-اُس-کے-بیلچے","بیلچوں","بیلچوں-","بیلچے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [יָע] n.[m.] shovel (𝔗 Jer יָעֵי Ex 27:3)—pl. הַיָּעִים Ex 38:3 + 7 times; יָעָיו 27:3;—utensils for cleaning altar, shovels Ex 27:3; 38:3 Nu 4:14 (all P), 1 K 7:40, 45; 2 K 25:14; 2 Ch 4:11, 16; Je 52:18 (only in lists of utensils).