Word Study · Strong's H4207 · Hebrew
מַזְלֵג
mazleg
maz-layg'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mazlêg
“a fork”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a fork
Rendered in the KJV as
fleshhook.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- הַמַּזְלֵ֔ג1
- הַמִּזְלָגוֹת֙1
- הַמִּזְלָגֹ֖ת1
- הַמִּזְלָגֹת֙1
- וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛ג1
- וְהַמִּזְלָג֧וֹת1
- וּמִזְלְגֹתָ֖יו1
How it is rendered · 5
- the forks3
- and forks its1
- and the fork1
- and the forks1
- the fork1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfpa · 3
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/Td/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Exodus2 of 7 · 29%
- 1 Samuel2 of 7 · 29%
- Numbers1 of 7 · 14%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 7 · 14%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 7 · 14%
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 27:3וּמִזְלְגֹתָ֖יוumizlegotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularMake all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.here: and forks its
- Exodus 38:3הַמִּזְלָגֹ֖תhamizlagotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralHe made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.here: the forks
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 2:13וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛גvehamazlegconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularor for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boilinghere: and the fork
- 1 Samuel 2:14הַמַּזְלֵ֔גhamazlegthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.here: the fork