מֶלְקָחַיִם

«מֶלְקָחַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: tongs — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 4457 · BDB: מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם

Glosses

tongs (6)

Meaning (OSHB)

tongs tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מֶלְקָחַיִם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 25:38

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

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;

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