Lexical Summary pasal: to hew, hew into shape Original Word: פָסַלTransliteration: pasal Phonetic Spelling: (paw-sal') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to hew, hew into shape Meaning: to hew, hew into shape Strong's Concordance grave, hew A primitive root; to carve, whether wood or stone -- grave, hew. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6458. pasal מָּסַל verb hew, hew into shape (Late Hebrew Pi`el hew off boughs; Aramaic מְּסַל, = Biblical Hebrew; Nabataean פסלא stone-cutter); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix מְּסָלוֺ Habakkuk 2:18; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּפְסֹל Exodus 34:4, etc.; Imperative masculine singular מֲּסָלֿ 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; — hew out stone tablets Exodus 34:1, 4; Deuteronomy 10:1, 3; building-stones 1 Kings 5:32; with cognate accusative (suffix referring to מֶּסֶל) Habakkuk 2:18. |