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title: מְזַמֶּרֶת — snuffers · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְזַמֶּרֶת (4212), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: snuffers. BDB 1906: n.f. snuffers. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְזַמֶּרֶת

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

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 4212 · **BDB:** מְזַמֶּרֶת

### Glosses

snuffers (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

snuffers [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4212/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. snuffers [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4212/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. snuffers, as utensil of Sol.’s temple, only pl. abs. מְזַמְּרוֹת 2 K 12:14, הַמְזַמְּרוֹת 1 K 7:50 = 2 Ch 4:22, 2 K 25:14 = Je 52:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «מְזַמֶּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4212/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 12:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.14/)

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אַךְ֩ לֹ֨א יֵעָשֶׂ֜ה בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֗ה סִפּ֥וֹת כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מְזַמְּר֤וֹת מִזְרָקוֹת֙ חֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת כָּל־כְּלִ֥י זָהָ֖ב וּכְלִי־כָ֑סֶף מִן־הַכֶּ֖סֶף הַמּוּבָ֥א בֵית־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* only not it.was.made the.house of.Yahweh basins of.silver snuffers bowls trumpets any article of.gold and article of.silver from the money \[which was\].brought the.house of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* But there were not made for the house of the LORD cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD;

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[2 Kings 25:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.25.14/)

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וְאֶת־הַסִּירֹ֨ת וְאֶת־הַיָּעִ֜ים וְאֶת־הַֽמְזַמְּר֣וֹת וְאֶת־הַכַּפּ֗וֹת וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־כְּלֵ֧י הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־בָ֖ם לָקָֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the pots and (et) the shovels and (et) the snuffers and (et) the pans and (et) all the.articles of.(the) bronze which people.served with them they.took.away

*JPS 1917:* And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

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