מֶלְקָחַיִם (melqāḥayim) is a Hebrew noun meaning tongs. It appears 6 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4457).

Also rendered

• tong

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1124d)

Root family 1124: לָקַח lāqaḥ — take (get, fetch), lay hold of (seize), receive, acquire (buy), bring, marry (take a wife), snatch (take away)

• לָקַח lāqaḥ — take
• לֶקַח leqaḥ — learning
• מַלְקוֹחַ malqôaḥ — booty
• מִקָּח miqqāḥ — a taking
• מַקָּחָה maqqāḥâ — ware

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