מחתה

Hebrew

Etymology

מ־ (ma-) +‎ Egyptian ḫt (“fire”).

Noun

מַחְתָּה • (maḥtā) f

1. firepan, coal pan, firetray

References

• Hoffmeier, James K. (2023) “Further Reflections on Egyptian Influences on the Early Hebrews—Priestly Matters”, in Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts in Honor of Gary A. Rendsburg (Studia Semitica Neerlandica; 75)‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184