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It conveys the idea of intense heat and is sometimes associated with purification or judgment.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, fire was a common element in daily life, used for cooking, heating, and religious sacrifices. Burning coals were significant in the sacrificial system, symbolizing purification and the presence of God. The imagery of live coals is also used in prophetic literature to depict judgment or divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7528.htm">ratsaph</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>pavement<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>pavement (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מַרְצֶ֫פֶת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> id.; — construct <font class="hebrew2">אֲבָנִים</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/16-17.htm">2 Kings 16:17</a>. <p>II. <font class="hebrew2">רצף</font> (√ of following; probably <em>glow</em>, compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095405.gif"> <em>heated stone</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095406.gif"> <em>cauterize, roast</em>; Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095407.gif"> <em>bread baked in ashes</em> (coals), compare Rob<sup>BR i. 485, ii. 117, 262</sup>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>pavement <p>From <a href="/hebrew/7528.htm">ratsaph</a>; a pavement -- pavement. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7528.htm">ratsaph</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>מַרְצֶ֥פֶת מרצפת mar·ṣe·p̄eṯ marṣep̄eṯ marTzefet<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/2_kings/16-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 16:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֹת֔וֹ עַ֖ל <b> מַרְצֶ֥פֶת </b> אֲבָנִֽים׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_kings/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it and put <span class="itali">it on a pavement</span> of stone.<br><a href="/kjvs/2_kings/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that [were] under it, and put <span class="itali">it upon a pavement</span> of stones.<br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/16-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and put on <span class="itali">A pavement</span> of stone<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4837.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4837.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4837<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/martzefet_4837.htm">mar·ṣe·p̄eṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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