Matzevah

Matzevah or masseva[1] (Hebrew: מַצֵּבָה, romanized: maṣṣēḇā "pillar" or stele (Koinē Greek: στήλη, romanized: stēlē) in the Septuagint, is a term used in the Hebrew Bible for a baetyl, a type of sacred column or standing stone.

Archaeologists have adopted the term for Israelite and related contexts, such as the Canaanite and the Nabataean ones.

[3] Use of the term can be found in Genesis 28:18, 28:22, 31:13, 31:45, 35:14, 35:20, Exodus 24:4, Deuteronomy 16:22 and Hosea 3:4.

Jacob set up four massevot in the Hebrew Bible.

In Genesis 28:22, Jacob says, "'And this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, shall be God’s abode; and of all that You give me, I will set aside a tithe for You,'" and in Genesis 31:13, Yahweh says to Jacob, "I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to Me."

Ras Macalister found a circle of ten or more massevot in his work in Gezer