And he madeוַיַּעַשׂthe Seaאֶת הַיָּםof cast metal,מוּצָקtenעֶשֶׂרcubitsבָּאַמָּהfromמִits rimשְּׂפָתוֹtoעַדits rim,שְׂפָתוֹroundעָגֹלall around,סָבִיבand fiveוְחָמֵשׁcubitsבָּאַמָּהits height;קוֹמָתוֹand a lineוְקָוof thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםcubitsבָּאַמָּהwent aroundיָסֹבitאֹתוֹall around.סָבִיב
1 Kings 7:23
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 7:23, word by word
- And he madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- the Seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- of cast metalמוּצָקmutsak
casting
Molten bronze shaped in a form.
Where else “mutsak” appears- tenעֶשֶׂרeser
ten
Ten.
Where else “eser” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- its rimשְּׂפָתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- its rimשְׂפָתsefat
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sefat” appears- roundעָגֹלagol
round
Round, circular.
Where else “agol” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- and fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- its heightקוֹמָתkomat
height
Height.
Where else “komat” appears- and a lineקָוkav
line, measuring cord
Measuring line: a cord with which a measurement is taken.
Where else “kav” appears- of thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- went aroundיָסֹבyasov
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “yasov” appears
Translation note
“The Sea”: a large bronze tank for water, about 4.5 meters across (2 Chronicles 4:6).
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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.
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.