Word Study · Strong's H4949 · Hebrew

מִשְׁקֶלֶת

mishqeleth

mish-keh'-leth

“a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached)

Rendered in the KJV as

plummet.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶת1
מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת1

How it is rendered · 2

[the] leveling tool of1
into a leveling tool1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfsc · 1
HR/Ncfsa · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Kings1 of 2 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%

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2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 21:13מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶתmishkoletnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.here: [the] leveling tool of

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 28:17לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶתlemishkaletpreposition + noun · feminine singularI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.here: into a leveling tool

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