1 Kings 4:23

“ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, and gazelle, and roebuck, and fattened fowl.”

1 Kings 4:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 4:23, word by word

tenעֲשָׂרָהasara

ten

Ten.

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fatבְּרִאִיםberiim

fat

Fat, well fed.

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oxenבָקָרvakar

cattle, herd

Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.

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and twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim

twenty

Twenty; also "twentieth".

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pasture-fedרְעִיrei

pasture

Pasture: the field where livestock graze. "Pasture-fed oxen" are those raised in the field, not fattened in the stall.

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and a hundredמֵאָהmea

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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sheepצֹאןtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

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besidesבַדvad

alone

One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.

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deerאַיָּלayal

deer, stag

Deer, stag.

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and gazelleצְבִיtsevi

gazelle

A light, handsome animal of the deer family, which could be hunted and eaten.

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and roebuckיַחְמוּרyachmur

roebuck

Roebuck: a kind of small deer.

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and fattenedאֲבוּסִיםavusim

fatten

Fatten: feed an animal well so that it grows fat. As a participle, "fattened."

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fowlבַרְבֻּרִיםvarburim

fattened fowl

Fattened fowl: poultry fattened for the table. It appears only once in the Bible (1 Kings 4:23), and it is not known for certain what bird it was.

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The context

22And the food of Solomon for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,

23 · This verse (above)

24For he was ruling over all the other side of the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza, over all the kings of the other side of the river; and he had peace on all his sides all around.

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