Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 6:20 Interlinear

in the forepart And the oracle and twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in breadth and twenty cubits in the height and so covered gold it with pure and so covered the altar which was of cedar

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְלִפְנֵ֣יH6440in the forepartthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
2הַדְּבִ֡ירH1687And the oraclethe shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
3וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםH6242and twentytwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
4אַמָּה֙H520cubitsproperly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
5אֹ֜רֶךְH753in lengthlength
6וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםH6242and twentytwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
7אַמָּה֙H520cubitsproperly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
8רֹ֗חַבH7341in breadthwidth (literally or figuratively)
9וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםH6242and twentytwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
10אַמָּה֙H520cubitsproperly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
11קֽוֹמָת֔וֹH6967in the heightheight
12וַיְצַ֥ףH6823and so coveredto sheet over (especially with metal)
13זָהָ֣בH2091goldgold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
14סָג֑וּרH5462it with pureto shut up; figuratively, to surrender
15וַיְצַ֥ףH6823and so coveredto sheet over (especially with metal)
16מִזְבֵּ֖חַH4196the altaran altar
17אָֽרֶז׃H730which was of cedara cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)

Verse Context

1 Kings 6:19And the oracle in the house within he prepared to set...
1 Kings 6:20 (current)in the forepart And the oracle and twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in breadth and twenty cubits in the height and so covered gold it with pure and so covered the altar which was of cedar
1 Kings 6:21and he overlaid So Solomon the house within gold...

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