מַזְלֵגmazleg meaning in Biblical Hebrew
three-pronged meat fork · noun, masculine
A priest's servant walks up to your family's boiling pot, jabs a three-pronged fork into it, and whatever comes up is his. The Bible's fork was a tool for grabbing.
וּבָא נַעַר הַכֹּהֵן כְּבַשֵּׁל הַבָּשָׂר וְהַמַּזְלֵג שְׁלֹשׁ־הַשִּׁנַּיִם בְּיָדוֹ
“The priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with the three-toothed fork in his hand. (1 Samuel 2:13)”
What does your mazleg go for first when the pot reaches the table?