1 Kings 6:35 Go deeper
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And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. (KJV)
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וְקָלַ֤עve.ka.La'and he carved
Lemma: קָלַע (qa.la) · Strong's: H7049B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to carve
Used 3 times. Also: 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Kings 6:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7049B; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 1
כְּרוּבִים֙ke.ru.Vimcherubim
Lemma: כְּרוּב (ke.ruv) · Strong's: H3742
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: cherub
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Exodus 25:18, Exodus 25:19, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 25:22, Exodus 26:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3742; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 2
וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹתve.Ti.mo.Rotand palm trees
Lemma: תִּמֹרָה (tim.rah) · Strong's: H8561
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: palm
Used 18 times. Also: 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Kings 6:32, 1 Kings 7:36, 2 Chronicles 3:5, Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 40:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8561; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 3
וּפְטֻרֵ֖יu.fe.tu.Reiand spread out [things] of
Lemma: פָּטַר (pa.tar) · Strong's: H6362
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqsmpc)
Meaning: to separate
Used 8 times. Also: 1 Samuel 19:10, 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Kings 6:32, 2 Chronicles 23:8, Psalms 22:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6362; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 4
צִצִּ֑יםtzi.Tzimflowers
Lemma: צִיץ (tsits) · Strong's: H6731A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: flower
Used 14 times. Also: Exodus 28:36, Exodus 39:30, Leviticus 8:9, Numbers 17:8, 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6731A; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 5
וְצִפָּ֣הve.tzi.Pahand he overlaid
Lemma: צָפָה (tsa.phah) · Strong's: H6823
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpq3ms)
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 6:35 word 6
זָהָ֔בza.Havgold
Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: gold
Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 7
מְיֻשָּׁ֖רme.yu.Sharmade smooth
Lemma: יָשַׁר (ya.shar) · Strong's: H3474
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsmsa)
Meaning: to smooth
Used 23 times. Also: Numbers 23:27, Judges 14:3, Judges 14:7, 1 Samuel 6:12, 1 Samuel 18:20, 1 Samuel 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3474; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 8
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 9
הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה\׃ha.me.chu.Kehthe carved [work]
Lemma: חָקָה (cha.qah) · Strong's: H2707
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsmsa)
Meaning: to engrave
Used 4 times. Also: Job 13:27, Ezekiel 8:10, Ezekiel 23:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2707; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:35 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He carved [into them] | → | קָלַע H7049B to carve |
| cherubim | → | כְּרוּב H3742 cherub |
| palm trees | → | תִּמֹרָה H8561 palm |
| and open | → | פָּטַר H6362 to separate |
| flowers | → | צִיץ H6731A flower |
| and he overlaid them | → | צָפָה H6823 to overlay |
| with gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
| hammered evenly | → | יָשַׁר H3474 to smooth |
| over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the carvings | → | חָקָה H2707 to engrave |
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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