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מוכני   n.f.  machine for moving something


  machine for moving something  LJLA.  TgEsth2 1:2(87) : וכד בעי שלמה למיזל לכל אתר דהוא צבי כורסי׳ במ<ו>כ{ו}נוי אזיל תחותוהי  whenever Solomon wanted to go anywhere, his throne would move under him using its mechanism.

Greek μηχανή. Our text has מכון (q.v.), but given the midrashic discussions of the מנגנון for moving Solomon's throne (see Jastrow and Levy s.v. מנגנון), that this MH form was original is quite certain.
  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 741; Levy Ch-W: 2:15;

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