1 Chronicles 21:25:71 Chr.21.25.W7TAB
מִשְׁקָ֖ל
mishkal
“weight”
- Transliteration
- mish-KAL
- Extended
- mihsh-KAAL
- IPA
- /miʃˈqaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- weight
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-KAL
- clause
shik-LE za-HAV mish-KAL SHESH me-OT
- sentence
va-yit-TEN da-VID le-or-NAN ba-ma-KOM shik-LE za-HAV mish-KAL SHESH me-OT
Exegesis
The construct chain šiqəlê zāhāv {שִׁקְלֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב | šiqəlê zāhāv} ‘shekels of gold’ establishes a genitive relation, and mišqāl {מִשְׁקָ֖ל | mišqāl} specifies the mode of valuation.
Root and etymology
shin–qof–lamedShin–Qof–Lamed
“to weigh”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:25
And David gave Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 21:25, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁקָ֖ל (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.21.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.25.W7.S1) and character.