matzevah
Sign in to saveA masseba or matzeva (,, plural maṣṣēḇoṯ) is a term used in the Hebrew Bible for a baetyl, a type of sacred column or standing stone. In the Septuagint, it is translated as .
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Biblical narrative
- Jacob
- Other
- Archeology
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
A masseba or matzeva (,, plural maṣṣēḇoṯ) is a term used in the Hebrew Bible for a baetyl, a type of sacred column or standing stone. In the Septuagint, it is translated as .
Archaeologists have adopted the term for these stones in Canaan and the pre-Islamic Arab state of the Nabataean Kingdom. Massevot can also mark graves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “matzevah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.