H4548 H4548
nail (for fastening, securing)
Metal pins or spikes used for fastening materials together, appearing in various contexts from construction to idolatry critique. David prepared iron nails for the temple (1 Chronicles 22:3), and gold nails secured the gold overlay in the Holy of Holies (2 Chronicles 3:9). Isaiah mocks idol-makers who secure their gods with nails so they won't totter (Isaiah 41:7), while Jeremiah similarly describes idols 'fastened with nails and hammers' (Jeremiah 10:4). Ecclesiastes uses nails metaphorically for firmly fixed wisdom sayings (Ecclesiastes 12:11).
Senses
1. sense 1 — Metal nails used for construction, securing objects, or fastening materials together. Contexts range from temple construction (iron and gold nails) to prophetic mockery of idols that require nails to stay upright. The multilingual glosses ('nails,' 'clavos') consistently identify the fastening implement. The metaphorical use in Ecclesiastes ('sayings like nails driven firmly') draws on the nail's quality of permanent fixation to describe memorable, authoritative teaching. 4×
AR["بِالمَسَامِيرِ", "بِمَسَامِيرَ", "لِلْمَسَامِيرِ"]·ben["-পেরেকদেরকে", "-পেরেকের-জন্য", "পেরেকে", "পেরেকের-দিয়ে"]·DE["[במסמרות]", "[במסמרים]", "[למסמרות]", "[למסמרים]"]·EN["for-the-nails", "it-totters", "with-nails"]·FR["[במסמרות]", "[במסמרים]", "[למסמרות]", "[למסמרים]"]·heb["ב-מסמרות", "ב-מסמרים", "ל-ה-מסמרים", "ל-מסמרות"]·HI["कीलों-के-लिए", "कीलों-से", "के-लिए-कीलों", "से-कीलों"]·ID["dengan-paku", "dengan-paku-paku", "untuk-paku", "untuk-paku-paku"]·IT["[במסמרות]", "[במסמרים]", "[למסמרות]", "[למסמרים]"]·jav["dhateng-paku-paku", "kalayan-paku-paku", "kanggé-paku", "mawi-paku"]·KO["못들-로", "에-그-못들", "에-못으로", "에게-못들"]·PT["Com-pregos", "com-pregos", "para-os-pregos"]·RU["гвоздями", "для-·-гвоздей", "для-гвоздей"]·ES["con-clavos", "de-los-clavos", "para-los-clavos"]·SW["kwa-misumari", "wa-misumari"]·TR["civilerle", "çiviler-için", "çivilerin", "çivilerle-"]·urd["میخوں-کے-لیے", "کیلوں-سے", "کیلوں-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
H2719 1. sword, weapon of war (410×)H4196 1. altar (place of sacrifice) (403×)H7393 1. chariot, chariotry (117×)H7198 1. bow (weapon) (72×)H7979 1. table (71×)H7782 1. ram's horn trumpet (69×)H4294 2. staff, rod, scepter (63×)H4043 1. shield, defensive weapon (60×)H0646 1. ephod (priestly garment) (49×)H8504 1. blue (violet-blue yarn/fabric) (49×)H2595 1. spear, lance (48×)H2671 1. arrow, projectile weapon (46×)H4818 1. chariot, war-chariot (44×)H3658 1. lyre, harp (stringed instrument) (42×)H1537 1. Gilgal (place name) (41×)H0713 1. purple (fabric/dye) (38×)H0905 3. poles, staves (37×)H7392 1. Qal participle: rider, charioteer (37×)H4501 1. cultic lampstand (menorah) (36×)H0212 1. wheel (35×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַסְמֵר] n.m. Ec 12:11 nail (connexion with above √ dub.; 𝔗 מַסְמְרָא, Chr.Pal.Aramaic ܡܣܡܖ̈ܝܐ Schwally 63.122; NH vb. סמר nail on or up; Arabic مِسْمَارٌ is perhaps loan-word Frä 89);—pl. abs. מַסְמְרִים Is 41:7, מִסְמְרִים 1 Ch 22:3 (of iron; on—ִ v. Ges§ 85 f.); also מַסְמְרוֹת Je 10:4 (+ מַקָּבוֹת), מַשְׂמְרוֹת נְטוּעִים, Ec 12:11 (sim.; + דָּרְבֹנוֹת), and מִסְמְרוֹת 2 Ch 3:9 (of gold).