Study it in the app“It 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.”
It stoodעֹמֵדonעַלtwelveשְׁנֵי עָשָׂרoxen:בָּקָרthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהfacingפֹנִיםnorth,צָפוֹנָהand threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁהfacingפֹנִיםwest,יָמָּהand threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁהfacingפֹּנִיםsouth,נֶגְבָּהand threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁהfacingפֹּנִיםeast;מִזְרָחָהand the Seaוְהַיָּםwas on themעֲלֵיהֶםabove,מִלְמָעְלָהand allוְכָלtheir hindquartersאֲחֹרֵיהֶםwere inward.בָּיְתָה
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shene” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearslook
To fix the eyes on something and attend to it, not overlook it.
Where else “fonim” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsafona” appearswest
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appearssouth
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appearseast
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizraach” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appearsbehind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achore” appearsinside
Literally "the house": the inner part of something.
Where else “bayta” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The molten sea
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.
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.
25 · This verse (above)
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.
