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And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. (KJV)
Hebrew words tap a word
וַיִּבֶן֩vai.yi.Venand he built
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 1
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 2
קִיר֨וֹתki.Rot[the] walls of
Lemma: קִיר (qir) · Strong's: H7023
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: wall
Used 74 times. Also: Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26, Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 5:9, Leviticus 14:37, Leviticus 14:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7023; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 3
הַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitthe house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 4
מִבַּ֙יְתָה֙mi.Bay.tahfrom inside <towards>
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 5
בְּצַלְע֣וֹתbe.tzal.'otwith boards of
Lemma: צֵלָע (tse.la) · Strong's: H6763
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: side
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Exodus 25:12, Exodus 25:14, Exodus 26:20, Exodus 26:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6763; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 6
אֲרָזִ֔ים'a.ra.Zimcedar<s>
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶז (e.rez) · Strong's: H0730
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: cedar
Used 73 times. Also: Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52, Numbers 19:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0730; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 7
מִקַּרְקַ֤עmi.kar.Ka'from [the] floor of
Lemma: קַרְקַע (qar.qa) · Strong's: H7172
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: floor
Used 8 times. Also: Numbers 5:17, 1 Kings 6:16, 1 Kings 6:30, 1 Kings 7:7, Amos 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7172; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 8
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitthe house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 9
עַד\־'ad-to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 10
קִיר֣וֹתki.Rot[the] walls of
Lemma: קִיר (qir) · Strong's: H7023
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: wall
Used 74 times. Also: Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26, Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 5:9, Leviticus 14:37, Leviticus 14:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7023; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 11
הַסִּפֻּ֔ןha.si.Punthe ceiling
Lemma: סִפֻּן (sip.pun) · Strong's: H5604
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: ceiling
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5604; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 12
צִפָּ֥הtzi.Pahhe overlaid
Lemma: צָפָה (tsa.phah) · Strong's: H6823
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to overlay
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 26:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6823; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 13
עֵ֖ץ'etzwood
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tree: wood
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086G; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 14
מִבָּ֑יִתmi.Ba.yitfrom inside
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 15
וַיְצַ֛ףvay.Tzafand he overlaid
Lemma: צָפָה (tsa.phah) · Strong's: H6823
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to overlay
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 26:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6823; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 16
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 17
קַרְקַ֥עkar.Ka'[the] floor of
Lemma: קַרְקַע (qar.qa) · Strong's: H7172
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: floor
Used 8 times. Also: Numbers 5:17, 1 Kings 6:16, 1 Kings 6:30, 1 Kings 7:7, Amos 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7172; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 18
הַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitthe house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 19
בְּצַלְע֥וֹתbe.tzal.'otwith boards of
Lemma: צֵלָע (tse.la) · Strong's: H6763
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: side
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Exodus 25:12, Exodus 25:14, Exodus 26:20, Exodus 26:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6763; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 20
בְּרוֹשִֽׁים\׃be.ro.Shimcypresses
Lemma: בְּרוֹשׁ (be.rosh) · Strong's: H1265
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: cypress
Used 20 times. Also: 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:10, 1 Kings 6:34, 1 Kings 9:11, 2 Kings 19:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1265; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:15 word 21
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He lined | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| the interior | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| . . . | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| walls | → | קִיר H7023 wall |
| with cedar | → | אֶ֫רֶז H0730 cedar |
| paneling | → | צֵלָע H6763 side |
| from the floor | → | קַרְקַע H7172 floor |
| of the temple | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| to | → | עַד H5704 till |
| the ceiling | → | סִפֻּן H5604 ceiling |
| and he covered | → | צָפָה H6823 to overlay |
| the floor | → | קַרְקַע H7172 floor |
| . . . | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| with cypress | → | בְּרוֹשׁ H1265 cypress |
| boards | → | צֵלָע H6763 side |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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