2 Chronicles 29:25:52 Chr.29.25.W5TAB
בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙
bimtseletayim
“with cymbals”
- Transliteration
- bim-tse-le-TA-yim
- Extended
- bihm-tseh-leh-TAH-yihm
- IPA
- /bim.tsil.tăˈtajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- with cymbals
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bim-tse-le-TA-yim
- clause
va-ya-a-MED et-ha-le-vi-YIM BET ye-ho-VAH bim-tse-le-TA-yim bin-va-LIM u-ve-khi-no-ROT be-mits-VAT da-VID ve-GAD kho-ZE-ha-ME-lekh ve-na-TAN ha-na-VI
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED et-ha-le-vi-YIM BET ye-ho-VAH bim-tse-le-TA-yim bin-va-LIM u-ve-khi-no-ROT be-mits-VAT da-VID ve-GAD kho-ZE-ha-ME-lekh ve-na-TAN ha-na-VI KI be-yad-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-VA be-yad-ne-vi-AV
Exegesis
The instrumental series bimtziltayim {בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ | bım·ṣıl·tə·yāyim} ‘with cymbals’, binvalim {בִּנְבָלִ֣ים | bın·wā·līm} ‘with harps’, and uvekinorot {וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת | ū·bĕ·kı̆n·nô·rōt} ‘and with lyres’ enumerates the musical instruments.
In context — 2 Chronicles 29:25
And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals , harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David, Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment came by the hand of His prophets.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 29:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 29:25, so the Hebrew word בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ (bimtseletayim) 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 2 Chr.29.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.29.25.W5.S1) and character.