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And its thicknessוְעָבְיוֹwas a handbreadth,טֶפַחand its rimוּשְׂפָתוֹlike the workכְּמַעֲשֵׂהof the rimשְׂפַתof a cup,כּוֹסlike a lilyשׁוֹשָׁןblossom;פֶּרַחit heldיָכִילtwo thousandאַלְפַּיִםbaths.בַּת
1 Kings 7:26
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 7:26, word by word
- And its thicknessעָבְיavy
thickness
Thickness of something.
Where else “avy” appears- was a handbreadthטֶפַחtefach
handbreadth
The width of a hand.
Where else “tefach” appears- and its rimשְׂפָתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- like the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
workmanship
Something made by hand: a piece of craftsmanship, or an idol.
Where else “maase” appears- of a cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- like a lilyשׁוֹשָׁןshoshan
lily
Lily: a white flower. In the temple, an ornament shaped like a lily on capitals and rims. Also the name of a tune in the titles of psalms, and of the city of Susa.
Where else “shoshan” appears- blossomפֶּרַחperach
flower, blossom
Flower, bud, blossom; also a flower-shaped ornament.
Where else “perach” appears- it heldיָכִילyachil
hold
To hold, or endure something.
Where else “yachil” appears- two thousandאַלְפַּיִםalpayim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alpayim” appears- bathsבַּתbat
bath (measure)
Bath: a measure for liquids (oil, wine, water), equal to the ephah for dry goods, about 22 liters.
Where else “bat” appears
Translation note
The bath was a liquid measure, about 22 liters. The parallel passage says “three thousand baths” (2 Chronicles 4:5).
Parallel passages
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The molten sea
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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
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.
26 · This verse (above)
27And he made the ten bases of bronze: four cubits was the length of the one base, and four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.