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And it was roofedוְסָפֻןwith cedarבָּאֶרֶזabove,מִמַּעַלoverעַלthe beamsהַצְּלָעֹתthat wereאֲשֶׁרonעַלthe pillars:הָעַמּוּדִיםfortyאַרְבָּעִיםand five,וַחֲמִשָּׁהfifteenחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂרto the row.הַטּוּר
1 Kings 7:3
Study it in the app“And it was roofed with cedar above, over the beams that were on the pillars: forty and five, fifteen to the row.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 7:3, word by word
- And it was roofedסָפֻןsafun
panel
To cover a building with boards above or inside.
Where else “safun” appears- with cedarאֶרֶזerez
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “erez” appears- aboveמַּעַלmaal
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “maal” appears- the beamsצְּלָעֹתtselaot
side
The flank of something, or the rooms built against the temple.
Where else “tselaot” appears- the pillarsעַמּוּדִיםamudim
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amudim” appears- fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- and fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- fifteenעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- to the rowטּוּרtur
row
Row, course (of stones or beams).
Where else “tur” appears
The context
2And he built the house of the Forest of Lebanon: a hundred cubits its length, and fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of pillars of cedar, with beams of cedar on the pillars.
3 · This verse (above)
4And there were frames in three rows, and window to window, three times.