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And the foodוַ לֶחֶםof Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהfor oneלְ אֶחָדdayיוֹםwasיְהִיthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםkorsכֹּרof fine flourסֹלֶתand sixtyוְשִׁשִּׁיםkorsכֹּרof meal,קָמַח
1 Kings 4:22
Study it in the app“And the food of Solomon for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 4:22, word by word
- And the foodלֶחֶםlechem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appears- of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- for oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- korsכֹּרkor
kor
Kor: a large measure for grain and flour, equal to the homer (ten ephahs), about 220 liters.
Where else “kor” appears- of fine flourסֹלֶתsolet
fine flour
Fine flour, the best kind.
Where else “solet” appears- and sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- of mealקָמַחkamach
flour
Flour.
Where else “kamach” appears
Translation note
The “kor” was a dry measure, about 220 liters.
The context
21And Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 · This verse (above)
23ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, and gazelle, and roebuck, and fattened fowl.