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1 Kings 6:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.


1 Kings 6:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 6:2017 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֣יwəlipənēy
a- foreconjH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הַ/דְּבִ֡ירhadəbiyr
oracleparticleH1687
עֶשְׂרִים֩ʿeśəriym
scoreadjH6242
twenty
אַמָּ֨הʾamāh
cubitnounH520
hundred (by exchange for
אֹ֜רֶךְʾōrekə
lengthnounH753
forever · long
וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֧יםwəʿeśəriym
scoreconjH6242
twenty
אַמָּ֣הʾamāh
cubitnounH520
hundred (by exchange for
רֹ֗חַבrōḥab
breadthnounH7341
broad · largeness · thickness · wideness
וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֤יםwəʿeśəriym
scoreconjH6242
twenty
אַמָּה֙ʾamāh
cubitnounH520
hundred (by exchange for
קֽוֹמָת֔/וֹqwōmātwō
heightnounH6967
along · high · stature · tall
וַ/יְצַפֵּ֖/הוּwayəṣapēhw
coverconjH6823
overlay
זָהָ֣בzāhāb
goldnounH2091
fair weather
סָג֑וּרsāgwr
close upnounH5462
deliver · give over · inclose · pure ···
וַ/יְצַ֥ףwayəṣap
coverconjH6823
overlay
מִזְבֵּ֖חַmizəbēḥa
altarnounH4196
אָֽרֶזʾārez
cedarnounH730
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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