1 molten metal, or image;

2 libation; — ׳מ Exodus 32:4 +; construct מַסֵּכַת Isaiah 30:22; plural מַסֵּכוֺת 1 Kings 14:9 +; suffix מַסֵּכֹתָם Numbers 33:52; —

1 libation, with covenant sacrifice in making covenant Isaiah 30:1 (=

1 נֶסֶךְ; see, however, below II. [נָסַךְ]).

2 molten metal, or image: עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה molten calf Exodus 32:4,8; Deuteronomy 9:16; Nehemiah 9:18, compare Psalm 106:19; אֱלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה molten gods Exodus 34:17; Leviticus 19:4; ׳צַלְמֵי מ Numbers 33:52; מֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה Deuteronomy 27:15; Judges 17:3,4; Judges 18:14; Nahum 1:14; 2Chronicles 34:3,4, elsewhere (variously) Deuteronomy 9:12; Judges 18:17,18; 1 Kings 14:9; 2 Kings 17:16; 2Chronicles 28:2; Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 42:17; Hosea 13:2; Habakkuk 2:18.

II. מַסֵּכָה noun feminine woven stuff, web, especially as covering; — absolute הַנְּסוּכָה עַלֿ ׳הַמּ Isaiah 25:7 the web that is woven over all the nations (i.e. mourning-veil, symbol of distress; "" הַלּוֺט הַלּוֺט); = bed- covering Isaiah 28:20 (in figurative). Perhaps also ׳לִנְסֹךְ מ Isaiah 30:1 weave a web ("" לַעֲשׂוֺת עֵצָה), reference to negotiations with Egypt (so ᵑ9 Aq Ew De Che Di; > ᵐ5 Ges Hi Kn Brd Du pour a libation; ׳מ not elsewhere = נֶסֶךְ).