מַצֵּבָה, pillar, statue, monument. Sifra K’dosh. introd. (idols are named) מ׳ מפני שהם עומדים matsebah, because they are made to stand. Sifré Deut. 146 (ref. to Deut. XVI, 22) ומה מ׳ שאהובה וכ׳ if the erection of a pillar which was loved (of the Lord) in the fathers, is hateful in the descendants &c. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, 44ᵃ top איזוהי מ׳, v. יְחִידִי; a. fr.