Hebrew Interlinear
2 Chronicles 4:5 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 2 Chronicles 4:5, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“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...