H4227 H4227
flat plate, griddle, or pan for baking grain offerings; also an iron plate used symbolically as a siege wall
The מַחֲבַת is a flat baking surface used primarily for preparing the grain offering (minḥah). Leviticus specifies that offerings made on the griddle are distinct from those prepared in a deep pan (2:5; 6:14; 7:9), and 1 Chronicles 23:29 lists griddle-cakes among Levitical provisions. In Ezekiel 4:3, an iron מַחֲבַת serves a strikingly different purpose: the prophet places it as a symbolic iron wall between himself and a model of besieged Jerusalem. Spanish sartén ('frying pan') and French poêle ('skillet') both point to a flat cooking surface.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A flat baking plate or griddle for preparing grain offerings. Leviticus 2:5, 6:14, and 7:9 prescribe the griddle-baked minḥah as a distinct offering type, distinguished from deep-pan preparations. First Chronicles 23:29 includes griddle-cakes in the Levitical service inventory. Spanish sartén and French poêle consistently render a flat cooking implement. In Ezekiel 4:3, the same word designates an iron plate set up as a symbolic siege wall between the prophet and a clay model of Jerusalem — extending the flat-surface concept from culinary to prophetic-dramatic use. 5×
AR["-الصَّاجِ", "صَاجٍ", "صَاجَةً", "وَ-لِلْمِقْلَاةِ"]·ben["আর-চাটুর-জন্য", "কড়াই", "কড়াইতে", "তাওয়ায়"]·DE["[ולמחבת]", "[מחבת]", "der-griddle", "ein-griddle"]·EN["a-griddle", "and-for-the-griddle", "griddle-of", "the-griddle"]·FR["[ולמחבת]", "le-griddle", "poêle", "un-griddle"]·heb["ה-מחבת", "ו-ל-ה-מחבת", "מחבת"]·HI["और-तवे", "तवा", "तवे", "तवे-के"]·ID["dan-untuk-wajan", "kuali", "wajan"]·IT["[ולמחבת]", "[מחבת]", "il-griddle", "un-griddle"]·jav["lan-dhateng-wajan", "wajan"]·KO["그-번철판", "그리고-에-그-철판", "판-위에", "판을"]·PT["a-chapa", "assadeira-de", "chapa", "e-para-a-frigideira"]·RU["и-для-сковороды", "сковороде", "сковороду"]·ES["la-sartén", "sartén", "sartén-de", "y-para-la-sartén"]·SW["kikaango", "na-kwa-kaango"]·TR["-sac", "demir", "sac", "ve-tava-için"]·urd["اور-توے-کے-لیے", "توہ", "توے"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַחֲבַת n.f. flat plate, pan, or griddle for baking, only P and late; abs. מ׳ Lv 2:5 + 2 times; מַחֲבַ֑ת Lv 7:9; cstr. מַחֲבַת Ez 4:3;— 1. used in preparing the (baken) mincha, preceded by עַל־ Lv 2:5; 6:14; 7:9 (all P), cf. 1 Ch 23:29. 2. מ׳ בַּרְזֶל Ez 4:3 a plate of iron, signifying an iron wall, in prediction of siege of city.