{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4457",
  "lemma": "מֶלְקָח",
  "transliteration": "melqâch",
  "definition": "(only in dual) tweezers",
  "kjv": "snuffers, tongs.",
  "occurrences": 6,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H3947",
      "lemma": "לָקַח",
      "transliteration": "lâqach",
      "meaning": "to take",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3947"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם, [מַלְקָחַיִם] n.[m.]du. tongs, snuffers"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 25:38",
      "text": "Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/25?v=38"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 37:23",
      "text": "He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/37?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 4:9",
      "text": "“They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/4?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 7:49",
      "text": "and the lamp stands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/7?v=49"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 6:6",
      "text": "Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/6?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Chronicles 4:21",
      "text": "and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was purest gold;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/4?v=21"
    }
  ],
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  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}