And he set upוַיָּקֶםthe pillarsאֶת הָעַמֻּדִיםat the porticoלְאֻלָםof the temple;הַהֵיכָלand he set upוַיָּקֶםthe rightהַיְמָנִיpillarאֶת הָעַמּוּדand calledוַיִּקְרָאits nameאֶת שְׁמוֹJachin;יָכִיןand he set upוַיָּקֶםthe leftהַשְּׂמָאלִיpillarאֶת הָעַמּוּדand calledוַיִּקְרָאits nameאֶת שְׁמוֹBoaz.בֹּעַז
1 Kings 7:21
Study it in the app“And he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple; and he set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 7:21, word by word
- And he set upיָּקֶםyakem
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yakem” appears- the pillarsעַמֻּדִיםamudim
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amudim” appears- at the porticoאֻלָםulam
portico
Portico: the covered entrance in front of the main hall of a building. In the temple, the vestibule through which one entered.
Where else “ulam” appears- of the templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- the rightיְמָנִיyemani
right (side)
Right, on the right-hand side.
Where else “yemani” appears- and calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- its nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Jachinיָכִיןyachin
Jachin
Jachin, a son of Simeon; also a priest, and one of the two bronze pillars of the temple.
Where else “yachin” appears- the leftשְּׂמָאלִיsemali
left (side)
Left, on the left-hand side.
Where else “semali” appears- Boazבֹּעַזboaz
Boaz
Boaz, of Bethlehem, a relative of Elimelech; he took Ruth as his wife and was the great-grandfather of King David (Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 1:5). One of the two pillars of Solomon's temple bore the same name (1 Kings 7:21).
Where else “boaz” appears
Translation note
“Jachin” means “he establishes”; “Boaz,” probably, “in him is strength.” The right is the south side.
Parallel passages
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The two temple pillars
See them side by side
1 Kings 7:15-22
15And he formed the two pillars of bronze: eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and a thread of twelve cubits went around the second pillar. 16And two capitals he made to put on the heads of the pillars, of cast bronze; five cubits was the height of the one capital, and five cubits the height of the second capital. 17There were nets, the work of network, and cords, the work of chains, for the capitals that were on the head of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the second capital. 18And he made the pillars, and two rows all around on the one net to cover the capitals that were on the head of the pomegranates; and so he made for the second capital. 19And the capitals that were on the head of the pillars were lily work in the portico, four cubits. 20And the capitals on the two pillars were also above, close to the belly that was beside the net; and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows all around on the second capital. 21And he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple; and he set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz. 22And on the head of the pillars was lily work. And the work of the pillars was finished.
15In front of the house he made two pillars thirty and five cubits long, and the capital that was on its top was five cubits. 16He made chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and one on the left; and he called the name of the right one Jachin, and the name of the left one Boaz.
The context
20And the capitals on the two pillars were also above, close to the belly that was beside the net; and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows all around on the second capital.
21 · This verse (above)
22And on the head of the pillars was lily work. And the work of the pillars was finished.