This difficult word appears in Isaiah's mocking description of idol-making. The text refers to 'he who is impoverished in respect to offering'—someone too poor to afford a proper idol, perhaps settling for wood rather than metal. However, the reading is heavily debated, with numerous scholarly conjectures. Some connect it to the root for 'poor' (mesken), while others propose textual emendations. The passage critiques idolatry by highlighting the absurdity: even impoverished people strain to make gods for themselves, carefully preserving a wooden image that won't rot. The verse's obscurity hasn't diminished its satirical force.