1 Kings
1 Kings 5:11
11and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheatc as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.d
Footnotes
- c 5:11 20,000 cors is approximately 124,800 bushels or 4.4 million liters (probably about 3,800 tons or 3,400 metric tons of wheat).
- d 5:11 LXX (see also 2 Chronicles 2:10|2CH 2:10); 20,000 baths is approximately 116,000 gallons or 440,000 liters of olive oil; Hebrew twenty cors of pure oil or twenty cors of pressed oil
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and year | שָׁנָ֥ה | šā·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8141 year |
| after year | בְשָׁנָֽה׃פ | ḇə·šā·nāh | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular | H8141 year |
| Solomon | וּשְׁלֹמֹה֩ | ū·šə·lō·mōh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H8010 Solomon |
| would provide | נָתַ֨ן | nā·ṯan | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| Hiram | לְחִירָ֜ם | lə·ḥî·rām | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H2438 Hiram |
| with 20,000 | עֶשְׂרִים֩ | ‘eś·rîm | Number - common plural | H6242 (a) twenty |
| cors | כֹּ֤ר | kōr | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3734 kor |
| of wheat | חִטִּים֙ | ḥiṭ·ṭîm | Noun - feminine plural | H2406 wheat |
| as food | מַכֹּ֣לֶת | mak·kō·leṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H4361 food-stuff |
| for his household | לְבֵית֔וֹ | lə·ḇê·ṯōw | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H1004 house |
| as well as 20,000 | וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים | wə·‘eś·rîm | Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural | H6242 (a) twenty |
| of pure olive oil | שֶׁ֣מֶן | še·men | Noun - masculine singular | H8081 fat, oil |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.