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1 Kings 6:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.


1 Kings 6:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 6:214 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הַ/בַּ֗יִתwəhabayit
houseconjH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בָּנָ֜הbānāh
buildverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
שְׁלֹמֹה֙šəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
לַֽ/יהוָ֔הlayhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
שִׁשִּֽׁיםšišiym
sixtyadjH8346
three score
אַמָּ֥הʾamāh
cubitnounH520
hundred (by exchange for
אָרְכּ֖/וֹʾārəkwō
lengthnounH753
forever · long
וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֤יםwəʿeśəriym
scoreconjH6242
twenty
רָחְבּ֑/וֹrāḥəbwō
breadthnounH7341
broad · largeness · thickness · wideness
וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםwšəlōšiym
thirtyconjH7970
thirtieth. Compare
אַמָּ֖הʾamāh
cubitnounH520
hundred (by exchange for
קוֹמָתֽ/וֹqwōmātwō
heightnounH6967
along · high · stature · tall
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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