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

Result
בִּמְ + צִלְ + תַּ֥ + יִם
bim + tsil + ta + yim
bimtsiltayim

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    bim-tsil-ta-YIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet

  3. clause

    bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet le-hash-mi-A

  4. 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 context1 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.