מַהְפֶּכֶת (mahpeket) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning stocks. It appears
4 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4115).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 512e)
Range of meaning (TWOT 512e)stocks; wrench; prison
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַהְפֶּ֫כֶתnoun, feminine: stocks
Strong's H4115מַהְפֶּכֶת: a wrench, i.e. the stocks KJV:prison, stocks.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 512: הָפַךְhāpak — turn, overturn; turn about, turn over, overthrow, change, transform, turn back, change into; turn oneself, be perverse, turn over to, be reversed, changed, overthrown, be upturned; turn this way & that, every way…