2 Chronicles 3:7 BSB

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְחַ֨ף	vay.Chaf	and he overlaid	H2645 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבַּ֜יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
הַקֹּר֧וֹת	ha.ko.Rot	the beams	H6982 →
הַסִּפִּ֛ים	ha.si.Pim	the thresholds	H5592 →
וְקִֽירוֹתָ֥יו	ve.ki.ro.Tav	and walls its	H7023 →
וְדַלְתוֹתָ֖יו	ve.dal.to.Tav	and doors its	H1817 →
זָהָ֑ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
וּפִתַּ֥ח	u.fi.Tach	and he engraved	H6605 →
כְּרוּבִ֖ים	ke.ru.Vim	cherubim	H3742 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַקִּירֽוֹת׃ ס	ha.ki.Rot	the walls	H7023 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 7:20
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
leads to
- Ezekiel 24:21
  Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of…
- Jeremiah 7:30
  For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- Isaiah 64:11
  Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
- Ezekiel 8:7–10
  Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
- Ezekiel 9:7
  Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
Through
Exodus 26:1
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
leads to
- Exodus 36:8–19
  All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into…
- Exodus 26:36
  For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
- Exodus 26:31
  Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Kings 6:20–22The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.Ezekiel 41:18were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:1 Kings 6:29–35Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.Exodus 26:1“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.Exodus 26:29Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.Ezekiel 41:2The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

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