אֹבֶן ʼôben

Meaning

a pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of two horizontal disks with a support between)

In the King James Version: wheel, stool.

Derivation: from the same as H68 (אֶבֶן);

Where it is used

• Exodus 1:16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
• Jeremiah 18:3 So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.