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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H197

אוּלָם

ulamoo-lawm'

Hall (of pillars)

34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼûwlâm

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H197is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 5 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 29
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H197

a vestibule (as bound to the building)

The King James renders it: porch.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

ulam is rendered "Hall (of pillars)". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.

  • Seventeen of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 6:3The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.

The first use

The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.

1 Kings 6:3וְהָאוּלָ֗ם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seventeen of the word's thirty-four uses are in Ezekiel.

The other 34 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • porch of11
  • the porch8
  • and porch of2
  • and the porch2
  • to porch of2
  • a porch1
  • and a porch1
  • and in porch of1
  • and porches of1
  • and to porch of1
  • in the porch1
  • like the porch1

and 2 more, 34 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

אוּלַיulayperhapsUses45
אוּלָםulambutUses19
אוּלulstrengthUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 34, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

29 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אֻלָ֥ם3
  • אוּלָ֤ם2
  • אוּלָ֥ם2
  • אֻלָ֤ם2
  • אוּלָ֨ם1
  • אֻלָ֣ם1
  • אֻלָ֔ם1
  • בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם1
  • הָאוּלָם֩1
  • הָאוּלָ֗ם1
  • הָֽאוּלָם֙1
  • הָאוּלָ֖ם1

and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)11HNcmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular8HTd/Ncmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmsc
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/R/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Td/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa

1 Kings

ten uses
  • The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.

    1 Kings 6:3

    • וְהָאוּלָ֗םvehaulamconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the porch
  • Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.

    1 Kings 7:6

    • אוּלָ֤םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
    • וְאוּלָם֙veulamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a porch
  • In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

    1 Kings 7:7

    • וְאוּלָ֤םveulamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and porch of
    • אֻלָ֥םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
  • And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

    1 Kings 7:8

    • לָֽאוּלָ֔םlaulampreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the porch
    • כָּאוּלָ֖םkaulampreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the porch
  • The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

    1 Kings 7:12

    • וּלְאֻלָ֥םuleulamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to porch of
  • And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.

    1 Kings 7:19

    • בָּֽאוּלָ֑םbaulampreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the porch
  • Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

    1 Kings 7:21

    • לְאֻלָ֖םleulampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of porch of

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

    1 Chronicles 28:11

    • הָאוּלָם֩haulamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the porch

2 Chronicles

five uses
  • The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

    2 Chronicles 3:4

    • וְהָאוּלָ֡םvehaulamconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the porch
  • At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.

    2 Chronicles 8:12

    • הָאוּלָֽם׃haulamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the porch
  • When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

    2 Chronicles 15:8

    • אוּלָ֥םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
  • They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

    2 Chronicles 29:7

    • הָאוּלָ֗םhaulamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the porch
  • They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

    2 Chronicles 29:17

    • לְאוּלָ֣םleulampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to porch of

Ezekiel

seventeen uses
  • So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

    Ezekiel 8:16

    • הָֽאוּלָם֙haulamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the porch
  • Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.

    Ezekiel 40:7

    • אוּלָ֥םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
  • Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;

    Ezekiel 40:8

    • אֻלָ֥םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
  • it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.

    Ezekiel 40:9

    • אֻלָ֤םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
    • וְאֻלָ֥םveulamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and porch of
  • And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.

    Ezekiel 40:15

    • אֻלָ֥םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
  • Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.

    Ezekiel 40:39

    • וּבְאֻלָ֣םuveulamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and in porch of
  • Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

    Ezekiel 40:40

    • לְאֻלָ֣םleulampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to porch of
  • Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.

    Ezekiel 40:48

    • אֻלָ֣םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
    • אֻלָ֔םʾulamnoun · masculine singulartagged: a porch
  • The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.

    Ezekiel 40:49

    • הָאֻלָ֞םhaulamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the porch
  • Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,

    Ezekiel 41:15

    • וְאֻֽלַמֵּ֖יveulameiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and porches of
  • Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.

    Ezekiel 41:25

    • הָאוּלָ֖םhaulamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the porch
  • There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.

    Ezekiel 41:26

    • הָֽאוּלָ֑םhaulamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the porch
  • Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”

    Ezekiel 44:3

    • אֻלָ֤םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
  • The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.

    Ezekiel 46:2

    • אוּלָ֨םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of
  • When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way.

    Ezekiel 46:8

    • אוּלָ֤םʾulamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: porch of

Joel

one use
  • Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

    Joel 2:17

    • הָאוּלָם֙haulamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the porch

The letters

Gematria 77· 637 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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