Lintel

"(1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7," "upper door post, but R.V. "lintel"); the head-piece of a door," which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb. "(2.) Heb. kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zeph. 2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters, as in A.V. marg.)."