- Original: פּסל - Transliteration: Pacal - Phonetic: paw-sal' - Definition: 1. to cut, hew, hew into shape a. (Qal) to hew, hew out, quarry - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1788 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to carve whether wood or stone: - grave hew. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • graven, 1 Habakkuk 2:18 • hew, 3 Exodus 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; 1 Kings 5:18 • hewed, 2 Exodus 34:4; Deuteronomy 10:3