Shovel

shuv'-l:

(1) rachath, is a wooden shovel used on the threshing-floor for winnowing the grain (Isa 30:24).

(2) ya`, is used in various passages to indicate some instrument employed to carry away ashes from the altar (Exod 27:3; Exod 38:3; Num 4:14; 1 Kgs 7:40; 1 Kgs 7:45; 2 Kgs 25:14; 2 Chr 4:11; 2 Chr 4:16; Jeremiah 52:18). It was very likely a small shovel like those used in connection with modern fireplaces for cleaning away the ashes (compare Hebrew ya`ah, "to sweep away") or for carrying live coals to start a new fire.

(3) yathedh (Deut 23:13 the Revised Version margin)

James A. Patch