מַקָּבָה (maqqābâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning hammer. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4717).
מַקֶּ֫בֶת noun, feminine: hammer, drives in
hammer (by means of which one drives in nails and pegs)
Strong's H4717 מַקָּבָה: properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)
KJV:hammer.
Strong's H4718 מַקֶּבֶת: properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
KJV:hammer, hole.
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 1409: נָקַב nāqab — pierce; bore, prick off; who were pricked off, designated, by name; curse; puncture, perforate, specify, designate, libel; appoint, blaspheme, express, with holes, name, strike through
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