H4734 H4734
miqlaat — carved work, decorative engraving on temple woodwork and metal
This Hebrew noun denotes ornamental carving or engraving work, appearing exclusively in descriptions of Solomon's temple construction. The term refers to the decorative relief work that adorned the cedar panels inside the temple and the bronze stands outside. All four occurrences appear in 1 Kings 6-7, the detailed architectural account of the temple's interior and furnishings. The root connection to 'carving' or 'engraving' suggests skilled artistic work that enhanced the temple's beauty and sacred character.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Decorative carved or engraved work found on temple surfaces. In 1 Kings 6:18, it describes the carved ornaments on the cedar wood interior of the temple. Verses 6:29 and 32 refer to carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers on the walls and doors. The final occurrence (7:31) describes engravings on the bronze stands (mekhonot) that held the lavers. The multilingual renderings consistently use terms for 'carvings' or 'engravings,' emphasizing the artistic, decorative nature of this temple ornamentation. This was specialized craftwork that transformed functional surfaces into objects of beauty for worship. 4×
AR["مَنْقُوشٌ", "مَنْقُوشَاتٍ", "مَنْقُوشَةً", "نُقُوشٌ"]·ben["খোদাই", "খোদাই-করা", "খোদিত-চিত্র"]·DE["carvings", "carvings-von", "engravings"]·EN["carvings", "carvings-of", "engravings"]·FR["carvings", "carvings-de", "engravings"]·heb["מקלעות", "מקלעת"]·HI["नक्काशियाँ", "नक्काशियों-की", "नक्काशी"]·ID["pahatan", "ukiran"]·IT["engravings", "intagli", "intagli-di"]·jav["ukiran"]·KO["조각들을", "조각의"]·PT["entalhes", "escultura-de", "esculturas-de"]·RU["резьба", "резьбу", "резьбы"]·ES["grabados", "tallado-de", "tallados", "tallados-de"]·SW["mraba", "na-maua", "na-mitende", "ya-matango"]·TR["oyma", "oymalar"]·urd["نقاشی", "نقاشیاں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִקְלַ֫עַת n.f. carving;—cstr. מ׳ 1 K 6:18; pl. abs. מִקְלָעוֹת 7:31; cstr. מִקְלְעוֹת (after קַלָע) 6:29, 32.