1 Kings 7:23

“And he made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from its rim to its rim, round all around, and five cubits its height; and a line of thirty cubits went around it all around.”

1 Kings 7:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 7:23, word by word

And he madeיַּעַשׂyaas

make

To build or create something.

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the Seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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of cast metalמוּצָקmutsak

casting

Molten bronze shaped in a form.

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tenעֶשֶׂרeser

ten

Ten.

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cubitsאַמָּהama

cubit

About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.

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its rimשְּׂפָתsefat

edge

The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.

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its rimשְׂפָתsefat

second

The one that comes after the first; the other of two.

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roundעָגֹלagol

round

Round, circular.

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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and fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh

five

Five.

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its heightקוֹמָתkomat

height

Height.

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and a lineקָוkav

line, measuring cord

Measuring line: a cord with which a measurement is taken.

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of thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim

thirty

Thirty; also "thirtieth".

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went aroundיָסֹבyasov

surround

To enclose someone or something on every side.

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Translation note

“The Sea”: a large bronze tank for water, about 4.5 meters across (2 Chronicles 4:6).

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

The molten sea

2 Chronicles 4:2-5

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1 Kings 7:23-26

23And he made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from its rim to its rim, round all around, and five cubits its height; and a line of thirty cubits went around it all around. 24And gourds below its rim all around surrounded it, ten to the cubit, encircling the Sea all around; the gourds were in two rows, cast in its casting. 25It stood on twelve oxen: three facing north, and three facing west, and three facing south, and three facing east; and the Sea was on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward. 26And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim like the work of the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it held two thousand baths.

2 Chronicles 4:2-5

2He made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from its rim to its rim, round all around, and five cubits its height, and a line of thirty cubits went around it all around. 3Under it were figures of oxen all around, encircling it, ten to a cubit, surrounding the Sea all around; the oxen were in two rows, cast in its casting. 4It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the Sea was upon them, above, and all their hindquarters were inward. 5Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim was like the work of the rim of a cup, a lily flower; it took in and held three thousand baths.

The context

22And on the head of the pillars was lily work. And the work of the pillars was finished.

23 · This verse (above)

24And gourds below its rim all around surrounded it, ten to the cubit, encircling the Sea all around; the gourds were in two rows, cast in its casting.

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