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Hebrew
Etymology
מ־ (ma-) + Egyptian ḫt (“fire”).
Noun
מַחְתָּה • (maḥtā) f
- firepan, coal pan, firetray
References
- Hoffmeier, James K. (2023) “Further Reflections on Egyptian Influences on the Early Hebrews—Priestly Matters”, in Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts in Honor of Gary A. Rendsburg (Studia Semitica Neerlandica; 75), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184