1 Chronicles 15:16:111 Chr.15.16.W11TAB
וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם
umetsiltayim
“and cymbals”
- Transliteration
- u-me-tsil-TA-yim
- Extended
- oo-meh-tsihl-TAH-yihm
- IPA
- /uːmətsilˈtaːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and cymbals
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-tsil-TA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim mash-mi-IM le-ha-RIM-be-KOL le-sim-KHA
Exegesis
The coordinated series bi-khelei-shir nevalim ve-kinorot u-metsiltayim {בִּכְלֵי־שִׁיר נְבָלִים וְכִנֹּרוֹת וּמְצִלְתָּיִם | bi-khelê-šîr nǝvālîm wǝ-ḵinnôrōṯ u-məṣiltāyîm} employs parallelism to list song instruments.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:16
David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers, the singers, with instruments of song—lyres, harps, and cymbals—so they would sound out, lifting their voices in joy .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם (umetsiltayim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.16.W11.S1) and character.