SHOVEL

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shuv'-l: (1) rachath, is a wooden shovel used on the threshing-floor for winnowing the grain ( Isa 30:24 ). (2) ya`, is used in various passages to indicate some instrument employed to carry away ashes from the altar ( Ex 27:3 ; 38:3 ; Nu 4:14 ; 1Ki 7:40 , 45 ; 2Ki 25:14 ; 2Ch 4:11 , 16 ; Jer 52:18 ). It was very likely a small shovel like those used in connection with modern fireplaces for cleaning away the ashes (compare Hebrew ya`ah, "to sweep away") or for carrying live coals to start a new fire. (3) yathedh ( De 23:13 the Revised Version margin) James A. Patch