חִשָּׁבוֹן

[חִשָּׁבוֺן] noun masculine device, invention (compare Lag^{BN 200}) — only plural absolute חִשְּׁבֹנוֺת; עָשָׁה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶתהָֿאָדָם יָשָׁר וְהֵמָּה בִקְשׁוּ חִשְּׁבֹנוֺת רַבִּים Praed 7,29 God made mankind upright but they sought out many devices; וַיַּעַשׂ חִשְּׁבֹנוֺת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חֹוֺשֵׁב 2 Kron 26,15 and he made contrivances (i.e. engines of war for hurling stones and arrows, see v^b) the invention of inventive men.