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מְצִלְתַּיִם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4700

cymbals — used 13 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

cymbals tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְצִלְתַּיִם: n.f.du. cymbals tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f.du. cymbals (appar. later equiv. of צֶלְצְלִים where v. reff.);—מ׳ 1 Ch 13:8 (‖ 2 S 6:5 v. צֶלְצְלִים), 15:19; 16:5, 42; 25:6; 2 Ch 5:12, 13; 29:25; Ezr 3:10; Ne 12:27; -תָּ֑יִם 1 Ch 15:16, 28; 25:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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: cymbals (12); the cymbals (1).

In the verses

1 Chronicles 15:19 · tree →

וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים הֵימָ֥ן אָסָ֖ף וְאֵיתָ֑ן בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃

Word for word: and the singers Heman Asaph and Ethan with cymbals bronze to sound.aloud

JPS 1917: So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

1 Chronicles 16:42 · tree →

וְעִמָּהֶם֩ הֵימָ֨ן וִֽידוּת֜וּן חֲצֹצְר֤וֹת וּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ לְמַשְׁמִיעִ֔ים וּכְלֵ֖י שִׁ֣יר הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וּבְנֵ֥י יְדוּת֖וּן לַשָּֽׁעַר׃

Word for word: and.[were] with them Heman and Jeduthun trumpets and cymbals for [those.who].sound.aloud and.(the) instruments of.(the).song of.(the) God and the.sons of.Jeduthun [were].to the gate

JPS 1917: and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.

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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