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1 Kings 7:2

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But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.	He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.	And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He built^H1129 also the house^H1004 of the forest^H3293 of Lebanon^H3844; the length^H753 thereof was an hundred^H3967 cubits^H520, and the breadth^H7341 thereof fifty^H2572 cubits^H520, and the height^H6967 thereof thirty^H7970 cubits^H520, upon four^H702 rows^H2905 of cedar^H730 pillars^H5982, with cedar^H730 beams^H3773 upon the pillars^H5982.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּבֶן אֶת־בֵּית ׀ יַעַר הַלְּבָנֹון מֵאָה אַמָּה אָרְכֹּו וַחֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה רָחְבֹּו וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קֹומָתֹו עַל אַרְבָּעָה טוּרֵי עַמּוּדֵי אֲרָזִים וּכְרֻתֹות אֲרָזִים עַל־הָעַמּוּדִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּ֜בֶן	va/i.Yi.ven	H1129	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he built
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בֵּ֣ית	beit	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) House of
יַ֣עַר	Ya.'ar	H3293	HNcmsc	(the) Forest of
הַ/לְּבָנ֗וֹן	ha./le.va.Non	H3844	HTd/Np	(the)/ Lebanon
מֵאָ֨ה	me.'Ah	H3967	HAcbsa	(was) one hundred
אַמָּ֤ה	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	cubit(s)
אָרְכּ/וֹ֙	'a.re.K/o	H753	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	length/ its
וַ/חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים	va./cha.mi.Shim	H2572	HC/Acbpa	and/ (was) fifty
אַמָּה֙	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	cubit(s)
רָחְבּ֔/וֹ	ra.che.B/o	H7341	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	breadth/ its
וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	u./she.lo.Shim	H7970	HC/Acbpa	and/ (was) thirty
אַמָּ֖ה	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	cubit(s)
קוֹמָת֑/וֹ	ko.ma.T/o	H6967	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	height/ its
עַ֗ל	'Al	H5921	HR	on
אַרְבָּעָה֙	'ar.ba.'Ah	H702	HAcmsa	four
טוּרֵי֙	tu.Rei	H2905	HNcmpc	rows of
עַמּוּדֵ֣י	'a.mu.Dei	H5982	HNcmpc	pillars of
אֲרָזִ֔ים	'a.ra.Zim	H730	HNcmpa	cedar(s)
וּ/כְרֻת֥וֹת	u./khe.ru.Tot	H3773	HC/Ncfpc	and/ beams of
אֲרָזִ֖ים	'a.ra.Zim	H730	HNcmpa	cedar(s)
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	(were) on
הָ/עַמּוּדִֽים	ha./'a.mu.Dim	H5982	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ pillars

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh, am-maw'): prolonged from אֵם; properly, 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); cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מֵאָה), measure, post.
• H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from רָבַע; four; four.
• H730 — אֶרֶז (ʼerez, eh-rez'): from אָרַז; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots); cedar (tree).
• H753 — אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, o'rek'): from אָרַךְ; length; [phrase] forever, length, long.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H2572 — חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym, kham-ish-sheem'): multiple of חָמֵשׁ; fifty; fifty.
• H2905 — טוּר (ṭûwr, toor): from an unused root meaning to range in a regular manner; a row; hence, a wall; row.
• H3293 — יַעַר (yaʻar, yah'-ar): from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees); (honey-) comb, forest, wood.
• H3773 — כָּרֻתָה (kâruthâh, kaw-rooth-aw'): passive participle feminine of כָּרַת; something cut, i.e. a hewn timber; beam.
• H3844 — לְבָנוֹן (Lᵉbânôwn, leb-aw-nohn'): from לְבַב; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine; Lebanon.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H5982 — עַמּוּד (ʻammûwd, am-mood'): or עַמֻּד; from עָמַד; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform; [idiom] apiece, pillar.
• H6967 — קוֹמָה (qôwmâh, ko-maw'): from קוּם; height; [idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.
• H7341 — רֹחַב (rôchab, ro'-khab): from רָחַב; width (literally or figuratively); breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
• H7970 — שְׁלוֹשִׁים (shᵉlôwshîym, shel-o-sheem'): or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of שָׁלוֹשׁ; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth; thirty, thirtieth. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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