And he putוַיִּתֵּןthe bases,אֶת הַמְּכֹנוֹתfiveחָמֵשׁonעַלthe sideכֶּתֶףof the houseהַבַּיִתon the right,מִיָּמִיןand fiveוְחָמֵשׁonעַלthe sideכֶּתֶףof the houseהַבַּיִתon its left;מִשְּׂמֹאלוֹand the Seaוְאֶת הַיָּםhe putנָתַןonמִthe rightהַיְמָנִיתsideכֶּתֶףof the house,הַבַּיִתtoward the east,קֵדְמָהfacingמִמּוּלsouth.נֶגֶב
1 Kings 7:39
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 7:39, word by word
- And he putיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- the basesמְּכֹנוֹתmechonot
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 “mechonot” appears- fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- the sideכֶּתֶףketef
side
The side part of something: the flank of a house or hill.
Where else “ketef” appears- of the houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- on the rightיָּמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- on its leftשְּׂמֹאלsemol
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semol” appears- and the Seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- the rightיְמָנִיתyemanit
right (side)
Right, on the right-hand side.
Where else “yemanit” appears- toward the eastקֵדְמָkedma
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedma” appears- facingמּוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- southנֶגֶבnegev
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appears
The context
38And 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.
39 · This verse (above)
40And Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. And Hiram finished doing all the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of YHWH: