1 Chronicles 22:3:121 Chr.22.3.W12TAB
מִשְׁקָֽל׃
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
- phraseyour reading level
EN mish-KAL
- clause
u-ne-KHO-shet la-ROV EN mish-KAL
- sentence
u-var-ZEL la-ROV lam-MIS-me-RIM le-dal-TOT hash-she-a-RIM ve-lam-khab-BE-rot he-KHIN da-VID u-ne-KHO-shet la-ROV EN mish-KAL
Exegesis
The idiom ʾên miš-qāl {אֵ֥ין מִשְׁקָל | ʾên miš-qāl} “there is not weight” conveys an unmeasurable quantity.
Root and etymology
š-q-lshin–qof–lamed
“to weigh, weight”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:3
And David prepared iron in abundance for nails for the doors of the gates and for the joinings , and he prepared bronze in abundance—beyond weighing.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 22:3, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁקָֽל׃ (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.22.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.3.W12.S1) and character.