Word Study · Strong's H4700 · Hebrew
מְצֵלֶת
metseleth
mets-ay'-leth
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉtsêleth
“(only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
(only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals
Rendered in the KJV as
cymbals.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙3
- וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם2
- בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם1
- בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם1
- בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֔יִם1
- וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֖יִם1
- וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֜יִם1
- וּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙1
- וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם1
- מְצִלְתַּ֖יִם1
How it is rendered · 6
- with cymbals4
- and with cymbals3
- and cymbals2
- with the cymbals2
- and with [the] cymbals1
- cymbals1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine dual4
- preposition + noun · feminine dual4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dual2
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine dual2
- noun · feminine dual1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/R/Ncfda · 4
- HR/Ncfda · 4
- HC/Ncfda · 2
- HRd/Ncfda · 2
- HNcfda · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles8 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 13:8וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֖יִםuvimtziltayimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine dualDavid and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.here: and with cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 15:16וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִםumetziltayimconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dualDavid also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.here: and cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 15:19בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִםbimtziltayimpreposition + noun · feminine dualThe musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.here: with cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 15:28וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִםuvimtziltayimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine dualSo all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.here: and with cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 16:5בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֥יִםbamtziltayimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine dualAsaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbalshere: with the cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 16:42וּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙umetziltayimconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine dualHeman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.here: and cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 25:1וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִםuvimtziltayimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine dualAdditionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:here: and with cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 25:6בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙bimtziltayimpreposition + noun · feminine dualAll these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.here: with cymbals
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 5:12בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙bimtziltayimpreposition + noun · feminine dualall the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.here: with cymbals
- 2 Chronicles 5:13וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֜יִםuvimtziltayimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine dualThe trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloudhere: and with [the] cymbals
- 2 Chronicles 29:25בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙bimtziltayimpreposition + noun · feminine dualHezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.here: with cymbals