The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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מַתַּךְ‏ n.m. cast metal

cast metal JLAtg. TgJ 1K7:23 : וַעְבַד יָת יַמָא מַתַך עְסַר אַמִין מִסִפתֵיה עַד סִפתֵיה סְגַלגַל סְחוֹר סְחוֹר‏ he made the sea of cast metal, 10 cubits from rim to rim, circular all around.

molten image JLAtg, LJLA. TgJ Is48:5 : דַחלְתִי עְבַדתַנוּן וְצַלמִי וֻמַתְכִי אַתֵיכוּנוּן‏ my deity made them, my statue and molten image that I cast. PJ Deut9:16 : עבדתון לכון עיגלא מתכא‏ you made yourselves the molten image calf.

Disambiguating מתך and מתכה is not always straightforward. Theoretically the former should refer to the process or the metal and the latter to the object made of cast metal.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 862; Levy Ch-W: 2:81;

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Derivatives:

mtkh, mtktˀ n.f. cast metal; idol