מִקְלַעַתmiqlaʻath

carving (1 Kings 6:18; 1 Kings 7:31; 1 Kings 6:29; 1 Kings 6:32)

Pronunciation: mik-lah'-ath · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4734

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 6:18 Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers.
  • 1 Kings 6:29 He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
  • 1 Kings 6:32 These double doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors, including the decorations of cherubim and palm trees, were overlaid with gold.
  • 1 Kings 7:31 The top of each cart had a rounded frame for the basin. It projected 1 1⁄2 feet above the cart’s top like a round pedestal, and its opening was 2 1⁄4 feet across; it was decorated on the outside with carvings of wreaths. The panels of the carts were square, not round.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).