He madeוַיַּעַשׂthe Seaהַיָּםof cast metal,מוּצָקtenעֶשֶׂרcubitsבָּאַמָּהfrom its rimמִשְּׂפָתוֹto its rim,אֶל שְׂפָתוֹroundעָגוֹלall around,סָבִיבand fiveוְחָמֵשׁcubitsבָּאַמָּהits height,קוֹמָתוֹand a lineוְקָוof thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםcubitsבָּאַמָּהwent aroundיָסֹבitאֹתוֹall around.סָבִיב
2 Chronicles 4:2
Study it in the app“He made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from its rim to its rim, round all around, and five cubits its height, and a line of thirty cubits went around it all around.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 4:2, word by word
- He madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- the Seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- of cast metalמוּצָקmutsak
cast
To melt metal and pour it into a mold.
Where else “mutsak” appears- tenעֶשֶׂרeser
ten
Ten.
Where else “eser” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- from its rimשְּׂפָתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- roundעָגוֹלagol
round
Round, circular.
Where else “agol” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- and fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- its heightקוֹמָתkomat
height
Height.
Where else “komat” appears- and a lineקָוkav
measuring line
A stretched cord used to measure and mark out exactly.
Where else “kav” appears- of thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- went aroundיָסֹבyasov
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “yasov” appears
Parallel passages
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The molten sea
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2 Chronicles 4:2-5
2He made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from its rim to its rim, round all around, and five cubits its height, and a line of thirty cubits went around it all around. 3Under it were figures of oxen all around, encircling it, ten to a cubit, surrounding the Sea all around; the oxen were in two rows, cast in its casting. 4It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the Sea was upon them, above, and all their hindquarters were inward. 5Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim was like the work of the rim of a cup, a lily flower; it took in and held three thousand baths.
23And he made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from its rim to its rim, round all around, and five cubits its height; and a line of thirty cubits went around it all around. 24And gourds below its rim all around surrounded it, ten to the cubit, encircling the Sea all around; the gourds were in two rows, cast in its casting. 25It stood on twelve oxen: three facing north, and three facing west, and three facing south, and three facing east; and the Sea was on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward. 26And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim like the work of the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it held two thousand baths.
The context
1He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
2 · This verse (above)
3Under it were figures of oxen all around, encircling it, ten to a cubit, surrounding the Sea all around; the oxen were in two rows, cast in its casting.