This was the dedication
chanukkah (khan-ook-kaw')
initiation, i.e. consecration -- dedicating(-tion).
of the altar
mizbeach (miz-bay'-akh)
an altar -- altar.
in the day
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
when it was anointed
mashach (maw-shakh')
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint -- anoint, paint.
by the princes
nasiy' (naw-see')
an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist -- captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
twelve
`asar (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
chargers
q`arah (keh-aw-raw')
a bowl (as cut out hollow) -- charger, dish.
of silver
keceph (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
twelve silver
keceph (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
bowls
mizraq (miz-rawk')
a bowl (as if for sprinkling) -- bason, bowl.
twelve
`asar (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
spoons
kaph (kaf)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
of gold
zahab (zaw-hawb')
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky -- gold(-en), fair weather.
