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And thisוְזֶהwas the workמַעֲשֵׂהof the base:הַמְּכוֹנָהthey hadלָהֶםpanels,מִסְגְּרֹתand panelsוּמִסְגְּרֹתwere betweenבֵּיןthe crossbars.הַשְׁלַבִּים
1 Kings 7:28
Study it in the app“And this was the work of the base: they had panels, and panels were between the crossbars.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 7:28, word by word
- was the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
workmanship
Something made by hand: a piece of craftsmanship, or an idol.
Where else “maase” appears- of the baseמְּכוֹנָהmechona
base, stand
Base, stand: the support on which something rests. In the temple, the ten bases with wheels that held the water basins.
Where else “mechona” appears- panelsמִסְגְּרֹתmisgrot
frame
The rim or frame around a piece, like that of the table or of the bronze stands.
Where else “misgrot” appears- the crossbarsשְׁלַבִּיםshelabim
crossbar, panel frame
Crossbar: a strip that separates or joins the panels of a frame. It appears only in the description of the bases of the temple.
Where else “shelabim” appears
The context
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.
28 · This verse (above)
29And on the panels that were between the crossbars were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the crossbars likewise; above and below the lions and the oxen were wreaths, hanging work.