Study it in the app“And he made ten basins of bronze; forty baths each basin held; each basin was four cubits; one basin on each base for the ten bases.”
And he madeוַיַּעַשׂtenעֲשָׂרָהbasinsכִיֹּרוֹתof bronze;נְחֹשֶׁתfortyאַרְבָּעִיםbathsבַּתeachהָאֶחָדbasinהַכִּיּוֹרheld;יָכִילeachהָאֶחָדbasinהַכִּיּוֹרwas fourאַרְבַּעcubits;בָּאַמָּהoneאֶחָדbasinכִּיּוֹרonעַלeachהָאַחַתbaseהַמְּכוֹנָהfor the tenלְעֶשֶׂרbases.הַמְּכֹנוֹת
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appearsbasin
A large vessel of water for the priests to wash.
Where else “chiyorot” appearsbronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsbath (measure)
Bath: a measure for liquids (oil, wine, water), equal to the ephah for dry goods, about 22 liters.
Where else “bat” appearseach
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appearshold
To hold, or endure something.
Where else “yachil” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arba” appearscubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appearsbase, 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” appears37Like this he made the ten bases: one casting, one measure, one form for all of them.
38 · This verse (above)
39And he put the bases, five on the side of the house on the right, and five on the side of the house on its left; and the Sea he put on the right side of the house, toward the east, facing south.
