1. tongs, snuffers — The noun melqachayim (dual form) denoting tongs or snuffers used in temple service — tools for trimming lamp wicks or handling hot coals. All four clusters describe the same implement with grammatical variation: possessive suffix (eng: its snuffers/tongs, arb: مَلاقِطُها, hin: उसके–चिमटे), definite plural (eng: the tongs, arb: الْمَلَاقِطُ, kor: 불집게들), bare construct (eng: its snuffers, arb: مَلاَقِطَهَا, swa: mikasi-yake), and prepositional (eng: with tongs, arb: بِمِلقَطٍ, hin: चिमटे–से). Arabic ملاقط (malaaqit), Hindi चिमटे (chimte), Korean 불집게 (buljipge), and Swahili mikasi/koleo are consistent across all clusters, confirming a single sense of a grasping/gripping temple utensil. 6×
AR["بِمِلقَطٍ","مَلاَقِطَهَا","وَ-الـ-مَلَاقِطُ","وَ-الْمَلَاقِطُ","وَ-مَلاقِطَها","وَ-مَلاقِطُها"]·ben["-চিমটায়","আর-চিমটা","এবং-চিমটাগুলি","এবং-চিমটাগুলি-তার","এবং-তার-সাঁড়াশিগুলি","তার-চিমটা"]·DE["[במלקחים]","[והמלקחים]","sein-snuffers","und-der-tongs","und-sein-Dochtscheren","und-sein-Zangen"]·EN["and-its-snuffers","and-its-tongs","and-the-tongs","its-snuffers","with-tongs"]·FR["[במלקחים]","[והמלקחים]","et-le-tongs","et-son-pinces","et-son-snuffers","son-snuffers"]·heb["ב-מלקחיים","ו-ה-מלקחיים","ו-ה-מלקחים","ו-מלקחיה","מלקחיה"]·HI["उसकी-चिमटी","और-उसकी-चिमटियाँ","और-उसके-चिमटे","और-चिमटे","चिमटे-से"]·ID["Dan-sepitnya","dan-penyepit-penyepit","dan-sepit-sepit","dan-sepit-sepitnya","dengan-sepit","sepit-sepitnya"]·IT["[במלקחים]","[והמלקחים]","e-il-tongs","e-suo-molle","e-suo-smoccolatoi","suo-snuffers"]·jav["Lan-supit-supit-ipun","kaliyan-supit","lan-sepit","lan-sepit-sepitipun","lan-supit","sepet-sepet-ipun"]·KO["그것의-불집게들","그리고-그-불집게들","그리고-그-불집게와","그리고-그것의-부젓가락들을","그리고-집게들은","불집게로"]·PT["E-tenazes-dela","com-tenázes","e-as-espevitadeiras","e-as-tenazes","e-suas-tenazes","espevitadeiras-dele"]·RU["И-щипцы-его","и-щипцы","и-щипцы-её","щипцами","щипцы-его"]·ES["Y-sus-despabiladeras","con-tenazas","despabiladeras-de-él","y-las-tenazas","y-sus-despabiladeras"]·SW["dhahabu","kwa-koleo","mikasi-yake","na-koleo-zake","na-mikasi","na-mikasi-yake"]·TR["Ve-makası","makasını","masayla","ve-makasını","ve-masaşları","ve-maşalar"]·urd["اس-کے-گلگیروں","اور-اُس-کی-قینچیاں","اور-اُس-کے-کینچیوں","اور-چمٹے","اور-چمٹے-","چمٹے-سے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם [מַלְקָחַיִם] n.[m.]du. tongs, snuffers;— 1. tongs used at altar of temple, for lifting coal, in Is.’s vision, Is 6:6. 2. lamp-snuffers, in temple 1 K 7:49 = 2 Ch 4:21; in tabern. sf. (ref. to lamp-stand, מְנוֹרָה) מַלְקָחֶיהָ Ex 25:38; 37:23 Nu 4:9 (all P).