1 Kings

1 Kings 18:32

³²And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.^b

Footnotes

b 18:32 2 seahs is approximately 13.2 dry quarts or 14.6 liters (probably about 25.4 pounds or 11.5 kilograms of seed).

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And with the stones	הָאֲבָנִ֛ים	hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone
built	וַיִּבְנֶ֧ה	way·yiḇ·neh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1129 build
an altar	מִזְבֵּ֖חַ	miz·bê·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
in the name	בְּשֵׁ֣ם	bə·šêm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Then he dug	וַיַּ֣עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
a trench	תְּעָלָ֗ה	tə·‘ā·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8585 water-course
around	סָבִ֖יב	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
the altar	לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃	lam·miz·bê·aḥ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
large enough to hold	כְּבֵית֙	kə·ḇêṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
two seahs	סָאתַ֣יִם	sā·ṯa·yim	Noun - fd	H5429 se'ah
of seed	זֶ֔רַע	ze·ra‘	Noun - masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.