Strong’s H4947 · Hebrew
מַשְׁקוֹף
mashqôwph
mash-kofe'
Definition
a lintel
Etymology
from H8259 (שָׁקַף) in its original sense of overhanging;
Where the KJV renders it
- lintel
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