axe head. Hebrew "iron", put by Fig; Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the axe head made of iron. Compare 2 Kings 6:6. where the Figure of speech is translated literally.
Alas. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 6:5
2 Kings 6:5
5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe heada fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.