1 Chronicles 15:19:51 Chr.15.19.W5TAB
בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם
bimtsiltayim
“with cymbals”
- Transliteration
- bim-tsil-ta-YIM
- Extended
- bihm-tseel-tah-YEEM
- IPA
- /bim.tsiɫ.tʰaˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- with cymbals
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
bim-tsil-ta-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet
- clause
bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet le-hash-mi-A
- sentence
ve-ham-sho-re-RIM he-MAN a-SAF ve-e-TAN bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet le-hash-mi-A
Exegesis
The construct chain bimṣiltāyim {בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם | bimṣiltāyim} ‘cymbals’ + nəḥôšeṯ {נְחֹשֶׁת | nəḥôšeṯ} ‘of bronze’ specifies instrument and material.
Root and etymology
ts-l-ltsade-lamed-lamed
“to crash, jingle”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:19
And the singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were with bronze cymbals to make the sound heard by all.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 15:19, so the Hebrew word בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם (bimtsiltayim) 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.15.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.19.W5.S1) and character.