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WEBMILLSTONE. MILLSTONE (Heb. רֵחַיִם), an instrument used for grinding grain. The word has a dual ending, indiing an instrument composed of two parts: an upper millstone (Heb. rekhev, Deut. 24:6) and a lower millstone (talmudic Heb. shekhev), which, however, was called reḥayim as well (ibid.).Other terms for both millstones are pelaḥ (Judg. 9:53, .