מַצֵּבָה

1. a. pillar, as monument, personal memorial 2 Sam 18,18 (twice in verse).
\ \ b. a stone, set up (שׂים, הציב), and anointed as memorial of divine appearance 1 Mos 28,18; 1 Mos 28,22; 1 Mos 31,13 (all E), 1 Mos 35,14 (J); so also 1 Mos 33,20 (E), where insert ׳מ, or read ׳מ for ᵑ0 מִזְבֵּחַ (We Di Now^{Archaeology ii.18}), set up (שׂים), הרים, חציב in token of an agreement 1 Mos 31,45; 1 Mos 31,51; 1 Mos 31,52 (twice in verse) (all E); over grave 1 Mos 35,20 (twice in verse)
\ \ c. especially of sacred stones or pillars in connection with altar, erected (בנה) by Moses 2 Mos 24,4 (E; 12 pillars), Hos 3,4; Hos 10,1; Hos 10,2; Es 19,19 conjecture also 2 Kong 12,10 for ᵑ0 מִזְבֵּחַ Sta^{ZAW v (1885), 296} Now^{Archaeology l.c.}, but dubious, see Benz^{on the passage}; (usually + אֲשֵׁרִים etc.): of Canaanites 2 Mos 23,24 (E), 2 Mos 34,13 (J), 5 Mos 7,5; 5 Mos 12,3 compare הַבַּלְַ ׳מ 2 Kong 3,2; 2 Kong 10,26; 2 Kong 10,27 Tyre, עֻזֵּךְ ׳מ, Ezk 26,11, of obelisks of Heliopolis in Egypt; condemned for Israel by Deuteronomic code, and Deuteronomist redaction of Kings: 5 Mos 16,22; 2 Kong 14,23; 2 Kong 17,10; 2 Kong 18,4; 2 Kong 23,14; 2 Kron 14,2; 2 Kron 31,1 compare Mik 5,12; 3 Mos 26,1 (H). — On maƒƒ¢b¹ see further Now^{Archaeology ii.18 f.} Benz^{Archaeology 380 f.} Dr^{5 Mos 16,21f.} We^{Skizzen iii.99,165} RS^{Sem.i.184 ff. 437.f; 2d ed. 204 ff. 456 f.; K. 50}.

Hoph`al 2. stock, stump of tree Es 6,13 a (in simile), so vEs 6,13 b (figurative; but probably strike out as gloss).