מֶלְקָחַיִם (melqāḥayim) is a Hebrew noun meaning tongs. It appears 6 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4457).
מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם noun, masculine, dual: tongs, snuffers
[מַלְקָחַיִם] noun, masculine, dual tongs, snuffers
Strong's H4457 מֶלְקָח: (only in dual) tweezers
KJV:snuffers, tongs.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1124: לָקַח lāqaḥ — take; take in hand, take and carry along, carry away, take away, put, fetch, lead, conduct, capture, seize, carry off; be captured, be taken away, removed, be taken, brought; be stolen, be taken captive; taking hold of itself…
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