This noun denotes a club or mace, a blunt striking weapon. Job 41:29 (English v. 21) lists it among weapons that Leviathan regards 'as straw.' The parallel term is 'javelin,' suggesting both projectile and hand weapons. The context emphasizes the creature's invulnerability—human weapons are useless against this symbol of untamable power. Whether Leviathan is crocodile, mythic chaos monster, or poetic symbol, the point is human impotence before creation's fiercest forces.