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And the house, that is , the temple before it, was forty cubits long . (KJV)

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וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםve.'ar.ba.'Imand forty

Lemma: אַרְבָּעִים (ar.ba.im) · Strong's: H0705

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: forty

Used 135 times. Also: Genesis 5:13, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 18:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0705; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:17 word 1

בָּאַמָּ֖הba.'a.Mahby the cubit

Lemma: אַמָּה (am.mah) · Strong's: H0520A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: cubit

Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:20, Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0520A; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:17 word 2

הָיָ֣הha.Yahit was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:17 word 3

הַבָּ֑יִתha.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 6:17 word 4

ה֖וּאhu'that

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:17 word 5

הַהֵיכָ֥לha.hei.Khal[is] the temple

Lemma: הֵיכָל (he.khal) · Strong's: H1964I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: temple: nave

Used 12 times. Also: 1 Kings 6:3, 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:33, Ezekiel 41:1, Ezekiel 41:4, Ezekiel 41:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1964I; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:17 word 6

לִפְנָֽי\׃lif.Nai<to> before me

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face: before

Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:17 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And the main hall	→	הֵיכָל H1964I temple: nave
in front of [this room]	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
was	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
forty	→	אַרְבָּעִים H0705 forty
cubits [long]	→	אַמָּה H0520A cubit

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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