The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 4:21 Explained

2 Chronicles 4:21

KJV: And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

YLT: and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold -- it is the perfection of gold;

Darby: and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold);

ASV: and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the flowers,  and the lamps,  and the tongs,  [made he of] gold,  [and] that perfect  gold; 

What does 2 Chronicles 4:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 4

1  The altar of brass
2  The molten sea upon twelve oxen
6  The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables
9  The courts, and the instruments of brass
19  The instruments of gold

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 4:21 mean?

And the with flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold are purest of gold
וְהַפֶּ֧רַח וְהַנֵּר֛וֹת וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם זָהָ֑ב ה֖וּא מִכְל֥וֹת זָהָֽב

וְהַפֶּ֧רַח  And  the  with  flowers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּרַח  
Sense: bud, sprout.
וְהַנֵּר֛וֹת  and  the  lamps 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: נִיר 
Sense: lamp.
וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם  and  the  wick-trimmers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, md
Root: מֶלְקָחַיִם  
Sense: snuffers, tongs.
זָהָ֑ב  of  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
מִכְל֥וֹת  purest 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִכְלֹות  
Sense: completeness, perfection.
זָהָֽב  of  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.