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SNUFFERS

Golden instruments made by the Hebrews used in the service of the tabernacle and temple. This particular item was associated specifically with the lampstand in the earlier setting and apparently also in the Solomonic temple (1 Kgs. 7:50; 2 Chr. 4:22; mĕzammĕrôṯ). Another common rendering of the word for “snuffer” is “tongs” (melqāḥayim); the term is used in Isa. 6:6 to describe an instrument used to take a coal from the altar. Heb. melqāḥêhâ, an apparent synonym glossed as “snuffers” (Exod. 25:38; 37:23), is most closely associated with “trimming” or “pruning” (2 Kgs. 12:13[MT 14]; 25:14; cf. “wick-removers,” NIV “wick trimmers”).

Walter E. Brown






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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