handmill

noun명사

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   손맷돌, 맷돌 — handmill은 곡식을 갈기 위해 손으로 돌리는 맷돌입니다. 성경에서는 일상 생계와 밀접한 도구로, 담보로 빼앗지 말아야 할 필수품으로도 언급됩니다.

   A small hand-operated mill for grinding grain

   • and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

   • “No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.