מַלְמָדmalmad meaning in Biblical Hebrew
oxgoad · noun, masculine
Before the root ל-מ-ד belonged to classrooms and study halls, it was an eight-foot oak pole with a tapered iron spike.
וַיַּךְ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּים שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אִישׁ בְּמַלְמַד הַבָּקָר
“Judges 3:31 — 'and he struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad'”
Picture the iron spike at the tip of a farmer's pole driving a draft steer back into the furrow.