Difference between revisions of "Quarries"

<li> The "quarries" (Heb. pesilim) by [[Gilgal]] (&nbsp;Judges 3:19 ), from which [[Ehud]] turned back for the purpose of carrying out his design to put [[Eglon]] king of [[Moab]] to death, were probably the "graven images" (as the word is rendered by the LXX. and the [[Vulgate]] and in the marg. A.V. and RSV), or the idol temples the [[Moabites]] had erected at Gilgal, where the children of [[Israel]] first encamped after crossing the Jordan. The [[Hebrew]] word is rendered "graven images" in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 7:25 , and is not elsewhere translated "quarries." <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Quarries'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/q/quarries.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> The word <i> pesilim </i> is commonly translated 'graven images,' or 'carved images'; therefore in &nbsp; Judges 3:19,26 the word is better rendered as in margin of A.V. 'graven images.' It is not supposed to refer to a place where stone was excavated, but to some images or blocks of stone so called which stood there. </p> <p> Under [[Jerusalem]] there is a quarry from whence in early days much stone was taken. See JERUSALEM. </p>

<p> ''''' kwor ''''' ´- ''''' iz ''''' ( פּסילים , <i> ''''' peṣı̄lı̄m ''''' </i> (&nbsp; Judges 3:19 , &nbsp;Judges 3:26 , "graven images"), שׁברים , <i> '''''shebhārı̄m''''' </i> (&nbsp;Joshua 7:5 , "Shebarim," the Revised Version margin "the quarries")): </p> <p> <i> ''''' Pesı̄lı̄m ''''' </i> is elsewhere translated "graven images" (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 7:5; &nbsp;Psalm 78:58; &nbsp;Isaiah 10:10; &nbsp;Micah 5:13 , etc.) and is a plural form of <i> '''''peṣel''''' </i> , "graven image" (&nbsp;Exodus 20:4 , etc.), from <i> '''''pāṣal''''' </i> , "to carve." It occurs in the story of Ehud and Eglon and refers to images or hewn stones in the vicinity of Gilgal, <i> '''''Shebhārı̄m''''' </i> is plural of <i> '''''shēbher''''' </i> , "breach," "fracture," more often "destruction" (e.g. &nbsp;Proverbs 16:18 ), from <i> '''''shābhar''''' </i> , "to break." The form <i> '''''shebārı̄m''''' </i> is also found in &nbsp;Job 41:25 , "consternation," the King James Version "breakings." In &nbsp;Joshua 7:5 Shebarim is the point to which the [[Israelites]] were chased after their first attack upon Ai. See [[Shebarim]] . </p> <p> [[Quarries]] in [[Palestine]] are not usually very deep because there is plenty of good stone to be found at the surface. The quarryman seeks a thick stratum of firm limestone which has a favorable exposure. The vertical joint-planes divide the stratum into large blocks which the quarryman dislodges with the aid of crowbars. These great blocks he skillfully cleaves by inserting several wedges in a line in holes made by a pick, and driving the wedges in with a heavy hammer. In these days gunpowder is occasionally used, especially when there are not favorable joint-planes producing blocks capable of being moved by the crowbar. </p> <p> Another method, which is employed where stones of great size are wanted, is to carve the stones out of the rock by cutting channels around them with the pick. In the limestone quarries of <i> ''''' Ba‛albek ''''' </i> and the granite quarries of <i> ''''' Aṣwân ''''' </i> at the first cataract of the Nile, enormous stones may be seen which were abandoned while in process of being removed by this method. The channels are wide enough to admit the body of the workman, and the marks of the picks on the sides of the channels are plainly visible. </p>