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title: מְצִלְתַּיִם — cymbals · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְצִלְתַּיִם (4700), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: cymbals. BDB 1906: n.f.du. cymbals. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְצִלְתַּיִם

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«מְצִלְתַּיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cymbals** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 4700 · **BDB:** מְצִלְתַּיִם

### Glosses

cymbals (12); the.cymbals (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cymbals [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4700/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.du. cymbals [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4700/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.du. cymbals (appar. later equiv. of צֶלְצְלִים where v. reff.);—מ׳ 1 Ch 13:8 (‖ 2 S 6:5 v. צֶלְצְלִים), 15:19; 16:5, 42; 25:6; 2 Ch 5:12, 13; 29:25; Ezr 3:10; Ne 12:27; -תָּ֑יִם 1 Ch 15:16, 28; 25:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «מְצִלְתַּיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4700/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 15:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.19/)

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וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים הֵימָ֥ן אָסָ֖ף וְאֵיתָ֑ן בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃

*Word for word:* and the singers Heman Asaph and Ethan with cymbals bronze to sound.aloud

*JPS 1917:* So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

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[1 Chronicles 16:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.42/)

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וְעִמָּהֶם֩ הֵימָ֨ן וִֽידוּת֜וּן חֲצֹצְר֤וֹת וּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ לְמַשְׁמִיעִ֔ים וּכְלֵ֖י שִׁ֣יר הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וּבְנֵ֥י יְדוּת֖וּן לַשָּֽׁעַר׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] with them Heman and Jeduthun trumpets and cymbals for \[those.who\].sound.aloud and.(the) instruments of.(the).song of.(the) God and the.sons of.Jeduthun \[were\].to the gate

*JPS 1917:* and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.

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