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1 Kings 7:38

He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
1 Kings 7:38
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיַּ֛עַשׂ עֲשָׂרָ֥ה כִיֹּר֖וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת אַרְבָּעִ֨ים בַּ֜ת יָכִ֣יל׀ הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֗ד אַרְבַּ֤ע בָּֽאַמָּה֙ הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֔ד כִּיּ֤וֹר אֶחָד֙ עַל־הַמְּכוֹנָ֣ה הָאַחַ֔ת לְעֶ֖שֶׂר הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃

  1. וַיַּ֛עַשׂvai.Ya.'as“and he made”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָשָׂה · “make(OBJECT)” · Strong's H6213H
  2. עֲשָׂרָ֥ה'a.sa.Rah“ten”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from עֶשֶׂר · “ten” · Strong's H6235
  3. כִיֹּר֖וֹתkhi.yo.Rot“lavers”
    Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from כִּיֹּר · “basin” · Strong's H3595
  4. נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shet“bronze”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from נְחֹ֫שֶׁת · “bronze” · Strong's H5178A
  5. אַרְבָּעִ֨ים'ar.ba.'Im“forty”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from אַרְבָּעִים · “forty” · Strong's H0705
  6. בַּ֜תbat“bath[s]”
    Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from בַּת · “bath” · Strong's H1324
  7. יָכִ֣יל׀ya.Khil“it contained”
    Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from כּוּל · “to sustain” · Strong's H3557
  8. הַכִּיּ֣וֹרha.ki.Yor“the laver”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from כִּיֹּר · “basin” · Strong's H3595
  9. הָאֶחָ֗דha.'e.Chad“<the> one”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶחָד · “one” · Strong's H0259
  10. אַרְבַּ֤ע'ar.Ba'“[was] four”
    Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from אַרְבַּע · “four” · Strong's H0702
  11. בָּֽאַמָּה֙ba.'a.Mah“by the cubit”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אַמָּה · “cubit” · Strong's H0520A
  12. הַכִּיּ֣וֹרha.ki.Yor“the laver”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from כִּיֹּר · “basin” · Strong's H3595
  13. הָאֶחָ֔דha.'e.Chad“<the> one”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶחָד · “one” · Strong's H0259
  14. כִּיּ֤וֹרki.Yor“a laver”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from כִּיֹּר · “basin” · Strong's H3595
  15. אֶחָד֙'e.Chad“one”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶחָד · “one” · Strong's H0259
  16. עַל־'al-“[was] on”
    Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  17. הַמְּכוֹנָ֣הha.me.kho.Nah“the stand”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from מְכוֹנָה · “base” · Strong's H4350
  18. הָאַחַ֔תha.'a.Chat“<the> one”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶחָד · “one” · Strong's H0259
  19. לְעֶ֖שֶׂרle.'E.ser“for [the] ten”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from עֶשֶׂר · “ten” · Strong's H6235
  20. הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃ha.me.kho.Not“the stands”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from מְכוֹנָה · “base” · Strong's H4350
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)