נְחֹ֖שֶׁת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת

   ne-KHO-shet

   of bronze
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם נְחֹ֖שֶׁת

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

   with cymbals of bronze
3. clause🔊 בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃

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

   with cymbals of bronze to make sound or to sound
4. sentence🔊 וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים הֵימָ֥ן אָסָ֖ף וְאֵיתָ֑ן בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃

   ve-ham-sho-re-RIM he-MAN a-SAF ve-e-TAN bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet le-hash-mi-A

   and the singers Heman Asaph and Ethan with cymbals of bronze to make sound or to sound

Exegesis

The construct chain bimṣiltāyim {בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם | bimṣiltāyim} ‘cymbals’ + nəḥôšeṯ {נְחֹשֶׁת | nəḥôšeṯ} ‘of bronze’ specifies instrument and material.

Root and etymology

n-ḥ-š🔊 נ־ח־שnun-chet-shin

“copper, bronze”

• 🔊 חֶשְׁתִּיheštîbronze-madeIsaiah 18:1