How to Pronounce Maktesh
MAK-tesh
Maktesh is pronounced MAK-tesh (ˈmæktɛʃ): two syllables, stress on the first.
What is Maktesh?
Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zeph. 1:11). It has been conjectured that it was the “Phoenician quarter” of the city, where the traders of that nation resided, after the Oriental custom.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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