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The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber , and out of the middle into the third. (KJV)
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פֶּ֗תַחPe.tach[the] entrance of
Lemma: פֶּ֫תַח (pe.tach) · Strong's: H6607
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrance
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 19:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6607; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 1
הַצֵּלָע֙ha.tze.La'the side-chamber
Lemma: צֵלָע (tse.la) · Strong's: H6763
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
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 6:8 word 2
הַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔הha.Ti.kho.Nah<the> middle
Lemma: תִּיכוֹן (ti.khon) · Strong's: H8484
Parsing: Aafsa (Aafsa)
Meaning: middle
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 26:28, Exodus 36:33, Judges 7:19, 1 Kings 6:6, 2 Kings 20:4, Ezekiel 41:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8484; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 3
אֶל\־'el-[was] to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 4
כֶּ֥תֶףKe.tef[the] side of
Lemma: כָּתֵף (ka.teph) · Strong's: H3802
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: shoulder
Used 67 times. Also: Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15, Exodus 28:7, Exodus 28:12, Exodus 28:25, Exodus 28:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3802; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 5
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 6:8 word 6
הַיְמָנִ֑יתhay.ma.Nit<the> south
Lemma: יְמָנִי (ye.ma.ni) · Strong's: H3233H
Parsing: Aafsa (Aafsa)
Meaning: right: south
Used 7 times. Also: 1 Kings 7:21, 2 Kings 11:11, 2 Chronicles 4:10, 2 Chronicles 23:10, Ezekiel 47:1, Ezekiel 47:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3233H; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 7
וּבְלוּלִּ֗יםu.ve.lu.Limand by stairs
Lemma: לוּל (lul) · Strong's: H3883
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: stairs
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3883; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 8
יַֽעֲלוּ֙ya.'a.Lupeople went up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 9
עַל\־'al-to
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 6:8 word 10
הַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔הha.Ti.kho.Nahthe middle
Lemma: תִּיכוֹן (ti.khon) · Strong's: H8484
Parsing: Aafsa (Aafsa)
Meaning: middle
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 26:28, Exodus 36:33, Judges 7:19, 1 Kings 6:6, 2 Kings 20:4, Ezekiel 41:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8484; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 11
וּמִן\־u.min-and from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 12
הַתִּֽיכֹנָ֖הha.ti.kho.Nahthe middle
Lemma: תִּיכוֹן (ti.khon) · Strong's: H8484
Parsing: Aafsa (Aafsa)
Meaning: middle
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 26:28, Exodus 36:33, Judges 7:19, 1 Kings 6:6, 2 Kings 20:4, Ezekiel 41:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8484; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 13
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 14
הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁים\׃ha.she.li.Shimthe thirty
Lemma: שְׁלִישִׁי (she.li.shi) · Strong's: H7992
Parsing: Aompa (Aompa)
Meaning: third
Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 1:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 22:4, Genesis 31:22, Genesis 32:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7992; TAHOT 1 Kings 6:8 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The entrance | → | פֶּ֫תַח H6607 entrance |
| to the bottom | → | תִּיכוֹן H8484 middle |
| floor | → | צֵלָע H6763 side |
| was on | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the south | → | יְמָנִי H3233H right: south |
| side | → | כָּתֵף H3802 shoulder |
| of the temple | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| A stairway | → | לוּל H3883 stairs |
| led up | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| to | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the middle level | → | תִּיכוֹן H8484 middle |
| and from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| [there] | → | תִּיכוֹן H8484 middle |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the third floor | → | שְׁלִישִׁי H7992 third |
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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