1 Chronicles 20:2:71 Chr.20.2.W7TAB
מִשְׁקַ֣ל
mishkal
“a weight of”
- Transliteration
- mish-KAL
- Extended
- mihsh-KAHL
- IPA
- /miʃˈqal/
Meaning by language
- English
- a weight of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
mish-KAL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-tsa-A mish-KAL kik-KAR-za-HAV
- clause
va-yik-KAKH da-VID et-a-te-RET-mal-KAM me-AL ro-SHO va-yim-tsa-A mish-KAL kik-KAR-za-HAV u-VA E-ven ye-ka-RA va-te-HI al-ROSH da-VID
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH da-VID et-a-te-RET-mal-KAM me-AL ro-SHO va-yim-tsa-A mish-KAL kik-KAR-za-HAV u-VA E-ven ye-ka-RA va-te-HI al-ROSH da-VID u-she-LAL ha-IR ho-TSI har-BE me-OD
Exegesis
The parenthetical clause wayyimṣā’āh mišqāl kikkar-zāhāv {וַיִּמְצָאָהּ מִשְׁקַל כִּכַּר־זָהָב | wayyiṃṣā’āh miš·qāl kiqqār zāhāv} ‘and it was found to weigh a talent of gold’ provides descriptive detail.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:2
And David took the crown from the head of their king, and it was found to weigh a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone . It was set upon David’s head, and he brought out much plunder from the city.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 20:2, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁקַ֣ל (mishkal) 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.20.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.2.W7.S1) and character.