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He madeוַיַּעַשׂchainsשַׁרְשְׁרוֹתin the inner sanctuaryבַּדְּבִירand put themוַיִּתֵּןonעַלthe topרֹאשׁof the pillars;הָעַמֻּדִיםand he madeוַיַּעַשׂa hundredמֵאָהpomegranatesרִמּוֹנִיםand put themוַיִּתֵּןon the chains.בַּשַּׁרְשְׁרוֹת
2 Chronicles 3:16
Study it in the app“He made chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 3:16, word by word
- He madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- chainsשַׁרְשְׁרוֹתsharshrot
chain
Small chain.
Where else “sharshrot” appears- in the inner sanctuaryדְּבִירdevir
inner sanctuary
Inner sanctuary: the back room of the temple, where the ark was; the Most Holy Place. It is a word found in the accounts of the temple.
Where else “devir” appears- and put themיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the pillarsעַמֻּדִיםamudim
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amudim” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- pomegranatesרִמּוֹנִיםrimonim
pomegranate
The red many-seeded fruit, or an ornament shaped like it.
Where else “rimonim” appears
Translation note
“In the inner sanctuary”: so the Hebrew says; it is not clear how this relates to the pillars, which stood outside.
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The two temple pillars
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2 Chronicles 3:15-17
15In front of the house he made two pillars thirty and five cubits long, and the capital that was on its top was five cubits. 16He made chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and one on the left; and he called the name of the right one Jachin, and the name of the left one Boaz.
15And he formed the two pillars of bronze: eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and a thread of twelve cubits went around the second pillar. 16And two capitals he made to put on the heads of the pillars, of cast bronze; five cubits was the height of the one capital, and five cubits the height of the second capital. 17There were nets, the work of network, and cords, the work of chains, for the capitals that were on the head of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the second capital. 18And he made the pillars, and two rows all around on the one net to cover the capitals that were on the head of the pomegranates; and so he made for the second capital. 19And the capitals that were on the head of the pillars were lily work in the portico, four cubits. 20And the capitals on the two pillars were also above, close to the belly that was beside the net; and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows all around on the second capital. 21And he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple; and he set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz. 22And on the head of the pillars was lily work. And the work of the pillars was finished.
The context
15In front of the house he made two pillars thirty and five cubits long, and the capital that was on its top was five cubits.
16 · This verse (above)
17He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and one on the left; and he called the name of the right one Jachin, and the name of the left one Boaz.