2 Kings 25:17
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
BSB
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ASV
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.
KJV
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
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Commentary
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמֹנֶה֩ | she.mo.Neh | [was] eight- | H8083 → |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה | 'es.Reh | teen | H6240 → |
| אַמָּ֜ה | 'a.Mah | cubit[s] | H520 → |
| קוֹמַ֣ת׀ | ko.Mat | [the] height of | H6967 → |
| הָעַמּ֣וּד | ha.'a.Mud | the pillar | H5982 → |
| הָאֶחָ֗ד | ha.'e.Chad | <the> one | H259 → |
| וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת | ve.kho.Te.ret | and a capital | H3805 → |
| עָלָ֥יו׀ | 'a.Lav | [was] on it | H5921 → |
| נְחֹשֶׁת֮ | ne.cho.Shet | bronze | H5178 → |
| וְקוֹמַ֣ת | ve.ko.Mat | and [the] height of | H6967 → |
| הַכֹּתֶרֶת֮ | ha.ko.te.Ret | the capital | H3805 → |
| שָׁלֹ֣שׁ | sha.Losh | [was] three | H7969 → |
| אַמּוֹת֒ | 'a.mah | cubits | H520 → |
| וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה | u.se.va.Khah | and a network | H7639 → |
| וְרִמֹּנִ֧ים | ve.ri.mo.Nim | and pomegranates | H7416 → |
| עַֽל־ | 'al- | [were] on | H5921 → |
| הַכֹּתֶ֛רֶת | ha.ko.Te.ret | the capital | H3805 → |
| סָבִ֖יב | sa.Viv | all around | H5439 → |
| הַכֹּ֣ל | ha.Kol | <the> everything | H3605 → |
| נְחֹ֑שֶׁת | ne.Cho.shet | [was] bronze | H5178 → |
| וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה | ve.kha.'E.leh | and like these [things] | H428 → |
| לַֽעַמּ֥וּד | la.'a.Mud | [belonged] to the pillar | H5982 → |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | ha.she.Ni | <the> second | H8145 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | with | H5921 → |
| הַשְּׂבָכָֽה׃ | ha.se.va.Khah | the network | H7639 → |
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