Hebrew Interlinear
2 Chronicles 4:5 Interlinear
“And the thickness of it was an handbreadth and the brim of it like the work and the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies and it received baths three thousand and held”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְעָבְי֣וֹ | H5672 | And the thickness | density, i.e., depth or width |
| 2 | טֶ֔פַח | H2947 | of it was an handbreadth | a spread of the hand, i.e., a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm) |
| 3 | שְׂפַת | H8193 | and the brim | the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) |
| 4 | כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂ֣ה | H4639 | of it like the work | an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property |
| 5 | שְׂפַת | H8193 | and the brim | the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) |
| 6 | כּ֔וֹס | H3563 | of a cup | a cup (as a container), often figuratively, some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye) |
| 7 | פֶּ֖רַח | H6525 | with flowers | a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom |
| 8 | שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה | H7799 | of lilies | a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape) |
| 9 | מַֽחֲזִ֣יק | H2388 | and it received | to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra |
| 10 | בַּתִּ֔ים | H1324 | baths | a bath or hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids |
| 11 | שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת | H7969 | three | three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice |
| 12 | אֲלָפִ֖ים | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 13 | יָכִֽיל׃ | H3557 | and held | properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses) |
Verse Context
2 Chronicles 4:4It stood upon twelve oxen and three...
2 Chronicles 4:5 (current)And the thickness of it was an handbreadth and the brim of it like the work and the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies and it received baths three thousand and held
2 Chronicles 4:6He made lavers also ten and put and five on the right hand...