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מֶלְקָחַיִם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4457

tongs — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

tongs tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם: du. tongs, snuffers tree →

The whole BDB entry

[מַלְקָחַיִם] n.[m.]du. tongs, snuffers;— tongs used at altar of temple, for lifting coal, in Is.’s vision, Is 6:6. lamp-snuffers, in temple 1 K 7:49 = 2 Ch 4:21; in tabern. sf. (ref. to lamp-stand, מְנוֹרָה) מַלְקָחֶיהָ Ex 25:38; 37:23 Nu 4:9 (all P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: tongs (6).

In the verses

Exodus 25:38 · tree →

וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר׃

Word for word: and tongs its and fire-pans its [will.be].gold pure

JPS 1917: And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

2 Chronicles 4:21 · tree →

וְהַפֶּ֧רַח וְהַנֵּר֛וֹת וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם זָהָ֑ב ה֖וּא מִכְל֥וֹת זָהָֽב׃

Word for word: and the blossom and the lamps and the tongs gold it [was].perfection(s) of.gold

JPS 1917: and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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