What does מִזְרָק (mizĕrāq) mean in the Bible?
מִזְרָק (mizĕrāq): Ritual vessel for sprinkling blood or liquids; emphasizes cultic purification and covenant enactment
Hebrew · H4219
מִזְרָק
A bowl (as if for sprinkling)
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מִזְרָק H4219
Pronunciation mizĕrāq
What does מִזְרָק (mizĕrāq) mean in the Bible?
מִזְרָק (mizĕrāq): Ritual vessel for sprinkling blood or liquids; emphasizes cultic purification and covenant enactment
Full entry for מִזְרָק (H4219) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4219?
The BSB source-word alignment has 32 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bowl (12), sprinkling bowls (7), and sprinkling bowls (5), bowls (3), [silver] bowl (1).
Where does מִזְרָק (mizĕrāq) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 27:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (15), 1 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (3), 2 Kings (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bowl 12× Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31
sprinkling bowls 7× Exodus 38:3, 1 Kings 7:50, 2 Kings 12:13, 1 Chronicles 28:17
and sprinkling bowls 5× Numbers 4:14, 1 Kings 7:40, 1 Kings 7:45, 2 Kings 25:15
bowls 3× Numbers 7:84, 2 Chronicles 4:8, Nehemiah 7:70
[silver] bowl 1× Numbers 7:85
by the bowlful 1× Amos 6:6
its sprinkling bowls 1× Exodus 27:3
like sprinkling bowls 1× Zechariah 9:15
like the sprinkling bowls 1× Zechariah 14:20
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 27:3 וּמִזְרְקֹתָ֔יו to its sprinkling bowls Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Exodus 38:3 הַמִּזְרָקֹ֔ת to sprinkling bowls Article | Noun - masculine plural Numbers 4:14 הַמִּזְרָקֹ֔ת to and sprinkling bowls Article | Noun - masculine plural Numbers 7:13 מִזְרָ֤ק to bowl Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 7:19 מִזְרָ֤ק to bowl Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 7:25 מִזְרָ֤ק to bowl Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 7:31 מִזְרָ֤ק to bowl Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 7:37 מִזְרָ֤ק to bowl Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 7:43 מִזְרָ֤ק to bowl Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 7:49 מִזְרָ֤ק to bowl Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 27:3
Aligned rows 32
Books represented 10
Exodus 2 Numbers 15 1 Kings 3 2 Kings 2 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 3 Nehemiah 1 Jeremiah 2 Amos 1 Zechariah 2
Source forms
מִזְרָ֤ק 12x miz·rāq Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31
וְהַמִּזְרָק֛וֹת 3x wə·ham·miz·rā·qō·wṯ 1 Kings 7:50, 1 Chronicles 28:17, 2 Chronicles 4:22
הַמִּזְרָק֗וֹת 2x ham·miz·rā·qō·wṯ 1 Kings 7:45, 2 Kings 25:15
הַמִּזְרָקֹ֔ת 2x ham·miz·rā·qōṯ Exodus 38:3, Numbers 4:14
בְּמִזְרְקֵי֙ 1x bə·miz·rə·qê Amos 6:6
הַמִּזְרָ֣ק 1x ham·miz·rāq Numbers 7:85
הַמִּזְרָק֑וֹת 1x ham·miz·rā·qō·wṯ 1 Kings 7:40
הַמִּזְרָק֜וֹת 1x ham·miz·rā·qō·wṯ Jeremiah 52:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct 12x Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31
Article | Noun - masculine plural 8x Exodus 38:3, Numbers 4:14, 1 Kings 7:40, 1 Kings 7:45
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural 3x 1 Kings 7:50, 1 Chronicles 28:17, 2 Chronicles 4:22
Noun - masculine plural construct 3x Numbers 7:84, 2 Chronicles 4:8, Nehemiah 7:70
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Numbers 7:85
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 1x Exodus 27:3
Noun - masculine plural 1x 2 Kings 12:13
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct 1x Amos 6:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Ritual vessel for sprinkling blood or liquids; emphasizes cultic purification and covenant enactment
Source Gloss
a bowl (as if for sprinkling)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Ritual vessel for sprinkling blood or liquids; emphasizes cultic purification and covenant enactment
a bowl (as if for sprinkling) BDB: bowl Usage: bason, bowl.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מִזְרָק is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain