מַסֵּכָה I, molten image. Snh. 103ᵇ (play on Is. XXVIII, 20 והמסכה וכ׳) כונס כנד מי הים תֵּעָשֶה לו מ׳ צרה should a molten image be made a rival to him ‘who gathers the waters of the sea together like heaps’?; Num. R. s. 7; Yoma 9ᵇ. Sifra K’dosh., beg. (idols are called) מ׳ ע"ש שהם ניסוכים massekhah, because they are cast.