Word Study · Strong's H4457 · Hebrew
מֶלְקָח
melqach
mel-kawkh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: melqâch
“(only in dual) tweezers”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
(only in dual) tweezers
Rendered in the KJV as
snuffers, tongs.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם2
- וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ2
- בְּמֶ֨לְקַחַ֔יִם1
- מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָ1
How it is rendered · 4
- and the tongs2
- and tongs its2
- [which] with tongs1
- tongs its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dual2
- noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine dual1
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- HC/Ncmdc/Sp3fs · 2
- HC/Td/Ncmda · 2
- HNcmdc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncmda · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 25:38וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָumalkacheihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThe wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.here: and tongs its
- Exodus 37:23וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָumalkacheihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularHe also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.here: and tongs its