1 Kings 7:38 Go deeper
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Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֛עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he made
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 1
עֲשָׂרָ֥ה'a.sa.Rahten
Lemma: עֶשֶׂר (e.ser) · Strong's: H6235
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: ten
Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 5:14, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 31:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6235; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 2
כִיֹּר֖וֹתkhi.yo.Rotlavers
Lemma: כִּיֹּר (kiy.yor) · Strong's: H3595
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: basin
Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 30:18, Exodus 30:28, Exodus 31:9, Exodus 35:16, Exodus 38:8, Exodus 39:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3595; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 3
נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronze
Lemma: נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) · Strong's: H5178A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: bronze
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Exodus 25:3, Exodus 26:11, Exodus 26:37, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 27:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5178A; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 4
אַרְבָּעִ֨ים'ar.ba.'Imforty
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 7:38 word 5
בַּ֜תbatbath[s]
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1324
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: bath
Used 13 times. Also: 1 Kings 7:26, 2 Chronicles 2:10, 2 Chronicles 4:5, Isaiah 5:10, Ezekiel 45:10, Ezekiel 45:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1324; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 6
יָכִ֣יל\׀ya.Khilit contained
Lemma: כּוּל (kul) · Strong's: H3557
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)
Meaning: to sustain
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 45:11, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 50:21, Ruth 4:15, 2 Samuel 19:32, 2 Samuel 19:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3557; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 7
הַכִּיּ֣וֹרha.ki.Yorthe laver
Lemma: כִּיֹּר (kiy.yor) · Strong's: H3595
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: basin
Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 30:18, Exodus 30:28, Exodus 31:9, Exodus 35:16, Exodus 38:8, Exodus 39:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3595; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 8
הָאֶחָ֗דha.'e.Chad<the> one
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: one
Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 9
אַרְבַּ֤ע'ar.Ba'[was] four
Lemma: אַרְבַּע (ar.ba) · Strong's: H0702
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: four
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0702; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 10
בָּֽאַמָּה֙ba.'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 7:38 word 11
הַכִּיּ֣וֹרha.ki.Yorthe laver
Lemma: כִּיֹּר (kiy.yor) · Strong's: H3595
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: basin
Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 30:18, Exodus 30:28, Exodus 31:9, Exodus 35:16, Exodus 38:8, Exodus 39:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3595; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 12
הָאֶחָ֔דha.'e.Chad<the> one
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: one
Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 13
כִּיּ֤וֹרki.Yora laver
Lemma: כִּיֹּר (kiy.yor) · Strong's: H3595
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: basin
Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 30:18, Exodus 30:28, Exodus 31:9, Exodus 35:16, Exodus 38:8, Exodus 39:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3595; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 14
אֶחָד֙'e.Chadone
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: one
Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 15
עַל\־'al-[was] 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 7:38 word 16
הַמְּכוֹנָ֣הha.me.kho.Nahthe stand
Lemma: מְכוֹנָה (me.kho.nah) · Strong's: H4350
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: base
Used 24 times. Also: 1 Kings 7:27, 1 Kings 7:28, 1 Kings 7:30, 1 Kings 7:32, 1 Kings 7:34, 1 Kings 7:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4350; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 17
הָאַחַ֔תha.'a.Chat<the> one
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: one
Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 18
לְעֶ֖שֶׂרle.'E.serfor [the] ten
Lemma: עֶשֶׂר (e.ser) · Strong's: H6235
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: ten
Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 5:14, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 31:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6235; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 19
הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת\׃ha.me.kho.Notthe stands
Lemma: מְכוֹנָה (me.kho.nah) · Strong's: H4350
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: base
Used 24 times. Also: 1 Kings 7:27, 1 Kings 7:28, 1 Kings 7:30, 1 Kings 7:32, 1 Kings 7:34, 1 Kings 7:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4350; TAHOT 1 Kings 7:38 word 20
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He also made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| ten | → | עֶשֶׂר H6235 ten |
| bronze | → | נְחֹ֫שֶׁת H5178A bronze |
| basins | → | כִּיֹּר H3595 basin |
| each | → | אֶחָד H0259 one |
| holding | → | כּוּל H3557 to sustain |
| forty | → | אַרְבָּעִים H0705 forty |
| baths | → | בַּת H1324 bath |
| and measuring four | → | אַרְבַּע H0702 four |
| cubits across | → | אַמָּה H0520A cubit |
| one | → | אֶחָד H0259 one |
| basin | → | כִּיֹּר H3595 basin |
| for each | → | אֶחָד H0259 one |
| of the ten | → | עֶשֶׂר H6235 ten |
| . . . | → | מְכוֹנָה H4350 base |
| stands | → | מְכוֹנָה H4350 base |
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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