snuffer
me.zam.m.rah denotes plural implements listed among sanctuary furnishings and among articles taken from the temple.
The attested plural noun names an implement included in lists of sanctuary furnishings: it is listed with gold vessels in 1 Kings 7:50 and 2 Chronicles 4:22, and with temple articles removed in 2 Kings 25:14 and Jeremiah 52:18. In 2 Kings 12:14 it occurs in the context of silver given to workmen repairing the house of the LORD, though the translation does not isolate its contribution.
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Sanctuary implement in furnishing inventories · dominant
The plural form is included among gold vessels and doors in 1 Kings 7:50 and 2 Chronicles 4:22; in both verses the APB renders the inventory with “snuffers.” In 2 Kings 25:14 and Jeremiah 52:18 it is among the bronze temple articles taken away, where the APB renders the lists with “wick trimmers”; 2 Kings 12:14 places the form in the setting of repairing the house of the LORD, without identifying it in the English wording.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the inventory item as “snuffers” in 1 Kings 7:50 and 2 Chronicles 4:22, and as “wick trimmers” in 2 Kings 25:14 and Jeremiah 52:18. 2 Kings 12:14 does not make its specific English rendering clear.