2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 3:15–17

¹⁵In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high,^l each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.

¹⁶He made interwoven chains^m and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. ¹⁷Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin,ⁿ and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.^o

Footnotes

l 3:15 35 cubits is approximately 52.5 feet or 16 meters.
m 3:16 Or He made chains in the inner sanctuary
n 3:17 Jachin probably means He establishes.
o 3:17 Boaz probably means in Him is strength.

Read all of 2 Chronicles 3

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

2 Chronicles 3:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In front	לִפְנֵ֤י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of the temple	הַבַּ֙יִת֙	hab·ba·yiṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1004 house
he made	וַיַּ֜עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
two	שְׁנַ֔יִם	šə·na·yim	Number - md	H8147 two
pillars	עַמּוּדִ֣ים	‘am·mū·ḏîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5982 pillar, column
which	שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	šə·lō·šîm	Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
cubits	אַמּ֕וֹת	’am·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H520 ell, cubit
high	אֹ֑רֶךְ	’ō·reḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H753 length
each with a capital	וְהַצֶּ֥פֶת	wə·haṣ·ṣe·p̄eṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6858 plated capital
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
top	רֹאשׁ֖וֹ	rō·šōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7218 head
five	חָמֵֽשׁ׃ס	ḥā·mêš	Number - feminine singular	H2568 five
cubits	אַמּ֥וֹת	’am·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H520 ell, cubit

2 Chronicles 3:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He made	וַיַּ֤עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
interwoven	בַּדְּבִ֔יר	bad·də·ḇîr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1687 shrine
chains	שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙	šar·šə·rō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8333 chain
and put them	וַיִּתֵּ֖ן	way·yit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
top	רֹ֣אשׁ	rōš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of the pillars	הָעַמֻּדִ֑ים	hā·‘am·mu·ḏîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5982 pillar, column
He made	וַיַּ֤עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
a hundred	מֵאָ֔ה	mê·’āh	Number - feminine singular	H3967 hundred
pomegranates	רִמּוֹנִים֙	rim·mō·w·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H7416 pomegranate
and fastened them	וַיִּתֵּ֖ן	way·yit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
into the chainwork	בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃	baš·šar·šə·rō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H8333 chain

2 Chronicles 3:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then he set up	וַיָּ֤קֶם	way·yā·qem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
the pillars	הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙	hā·‘am·mū·ḏîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5982 pillar, column
in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
front	פְּנֵ֣י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of the temple	הַהֵיכָ֔ל	ha·hê·ḵāl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1964 palace, temple
one	אֶחָ֥ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
on the south	מִיָּמִ֖ין	mî·yā·mîn	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H3225 right hand
and one	וְאֶחָ֣ד	wə·’e·ḥāḏ	Conjunctive waw; Number - masculine singular	H259 one
on the north	מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אול	mê·haś·śə·mō·wl	Preposition-m, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8040 the left
on the south	הַיְמִינִי	hay·mī·nī	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H3227 right
he named	וַיִּקְרָ֤א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Jachin	יָכִ֔ין	yā·ḵîn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3199 Jakin
on the north	הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖י	haś·śə·mā·lî	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H8042 left, on the left
he named	וְשֵׁ֥ם	wə·šêm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
Boaz	בֹּֽעַז׃ס	bō·‘az	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1162 Boaz

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Chronicles 3:16 1 Kings 7:20

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.