King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4212
Transliteration: mezammereth
Phonetic Spelling: (mez-am-mer-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: snuffers
Meaning: a tweezer
Word Summary
mezammereth: snuffers
Original Word: מְזַמְּרָהTransliteration: mezammereth
Phonetic Spelling: (mez-am-mer-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: snuffers
Meaning: a tweezer
Strong's Concordance
snuffers From zamar; a tweezer (only in the plural) -- snuffers.
see HEBREW zamar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4212. mezammereth
[מְזַמֶּרֶת] noun feminine snuffers, as utensil of Solomon's temple, only plural absolute מְזַמְּרוֺת 2 Kings 12:14, הַמְזַמְּרוֺת 1 Kings 7:50 2 Chronicles 4:22; 2 Kings 25:14 = Jeremiah 52:18.
III. זמר (√ of following; meaning dubious; DHM in MV10, 983 compare Arabic thing to be protected, thing sacred, inviolable, Lane978, Sabean דֿמר protect; Aramaic wonder at, admire, mirus, admirabilis, etc.; hence זמרת Genesis 43:11 'die Merkwürdigkeiten des Landes'). **Arabic is urge with chiding, reproof, thing involving blame (if not protected, defended); this hardly supports meaning choice products for III. זִמְרָה.