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Its thicknessוְעָבְיוֹwas a handbreadth,טֶפַחand its rimוּשְׂפָתוֹwas like the workכְּמַעֲשֵׂהof the rimשְׂפַתof a cup,כּוֹסa lilyשׁוֹשַׁנָּהflower;פֶּרַחit took inמַחֲזִיקand heldיָכִילthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםbaths.בַּתִּים
2 Chronicles 4:5
Study it in the app“Its 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 4:5, word by word
- Its thicknessעָבְיavy
thickness
Thickness of something.
Where else “avy” appears- was a handbreadthטֶפַחtefach
handbreadth
The width of a hand.
Where else “tefach” appears- and its rimשְׂפָתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- was like the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
workmanship
Something made by hand: a piece of craftsmanship, or an idol.
Where else “maase” appears- of a cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- a lilyשׁוֹשַׁנָּהshoshana
lily
Lily: a white flower. In the temple, an ornament shaped like a lily on capitals and rims. Also the name of a tune in the titles of psalms, and of the city of Susa.
Where else “shoshana” appears- flowerפֶּרַחperach
flower, blossom
Flower, bud, blossom; also a flower-shaped ornament.
Where else “perach” appears- it took inמַחֲזִיקmachazik
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “machazik” appears- and heldיָכִילyachil
hold
To hold, or endure something.
Where else “yachil” appears- threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- bathsבַּתִּיםbatim
bath (measure)
Bath: a measure for liquids (oil, wine, water), equal to the ephah for dry goods, about 22 liters.
Where else “batim” appears
Translation note
1 Kings 7:26 says two thousand baths.
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
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
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6He made ten basins, and put them, five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them; the things for the work of the burnt offering they rinsed in them; and the Sea was for the priests to wash in it.