2 Kings
2 Kings 25:17
17Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall.e The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high,f with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
Footnotes
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Each | הָאֶחָ֗ד | hā·’e·ḥāḏ | Article; Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| pillar | הָעַמּ֣וּד | hā·‘am·mūḏ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5982 pillar, column |
| was eighteen | שְׁמֹנֶה֩ | šə·mō·neh | Number - feminine singular | H8083 eight |
| cubits | אַמָּ֜ה | ’am·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H520 ell, cubit |
| tall | קוֹמַ֣ת׀ | qō·w·maṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H6967 height |
| The bronze | נְחֹשֶׁת֮ | nə·ḥō·šeṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H5178 copper, bronze |
| capital | וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת | wə·ḵō·ṯe·reṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H3805 capital |
| atop | עָלָ֥יו׀ | ‘ā·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| was three | שָׁלֹ֣שׁ | šā·lōš | Number - feminine singular | H7969 a three, triad |
| cubits | אַמָּה | ʾam·må̄h | Noun - feminine plural | H520 ell, cubit |
| high | וְקוֹמַ֣ת | wə·qō·w·maṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H6967 height |
| with a network | וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה | ū·śə·ḇā·ḵāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H7639 lattice-work, network |
| of bronze | נְחֹ֑שֶׁת | nə·ḥō·šeṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H5178 copper, bronze |
| pomegranates | וְרִמֹּנִ֧ים | wə·rim·mō·nîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H7416 pomegranate |
| all | הַכֹּ֣ל | hak·kōl | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| around | סָבִ֖יב | sā·ḇîḇ | Adverb | H5439 circuit, round about |
| The second | הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | haš·šê·nî | Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular | H8145 second |
| pillar | לַֽעַמּ֥וּד | la·‘am·mūḏ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5982 pillar, column |
| with its network | הַשְּׂבָכָֽה׃ | haś·śə·ḇā·ḵāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H7639 lattice-work, network |
| was similar | וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה | wə·ḵā·’êl·leh | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.