1 Kings 6:17
"And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And the house, that is, the temple before it,.... The holy place, which was before the of holies: was forty cubits long; and which, with the most holy place, being

twenty cubits, as in the preceding verse, made the length of the whole house sixty cubits, as in Kg1 6:2 .

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (7 words)

H0705 אַרְבָּעִים
Definition:

a.usually apposition before noun, especiallyשָׁנָה,יוֺם(singular):אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָהJudges 3:11;1 Samuel 4:18;Amos 2:10;Amos 5:2529t.;יוֺם׳אGenesis 7:17;1 Kings 19:8;Jonah 3:46t.,יוֺם׳אלַיְלָה׳וְאGene a.usually apposition before noun, especiallyשָׁנָה,יוֺם(singular):אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָהJudges 3:11;1 Samuel 4:18;Amos 2:10;Amos 5:2529t.;יוֺם׳אGenesis 7:17;1 Kings 19:8;Jonah 3:46t.,יוֺם׳אלַיְלָה׳וְאGene

Possible Meanings:
  • forty (semantic_range)
H0520 אַמָּה
Definition:

4; DlPr 109MV derive immediately from √אמםbe wide (see above),אַמָּה=distance, & hence a particular distance,ell, cubit) —׳אabsoluteGenesis 6:15+; constructאַמַּתDeuteronomy 3:11;Jeremiah 51:13;dualאַ 4; DlPr 109MV derive immediately from √אמםbe wide (see above),אַמָּה=distance, & hence a particular distance,ell, cubit) —׳אabsoluteGenesis 6:15+; constructאַמַּתDeuteronomy 3:11;Jeremiah 51:13;dualאַ

Possible Meanings:
  • nation (semantic_range)
H1961 הָיָה
Definition:

1+;וְהָיָהconsecutiveGenesis 4:14+; 3 feminine singularהָֽיְתָהGenesis 1:2+;הָיָ֑תָהIsaiah 14:243t.;וְהָֽיְתָהconsecutiveGenesis 9:13+;והית2Kings 9:37 Kt (Qrוְהָֽיְתָה); 2 masculine singularהָיִיתָDeu 1+;וְהָיָהconsecutiveGenesis 4:14+; 3 feminine singularהָֽיְתָהGenesis 1:2+;הָיָ֑תָהIsaiah 14:243t.;וְהָֽיְתָהconsecutiveGenesis 9:13+;והית2Kings 9:37 Kt (Qrוְהָֽיְתָה); 2 masculine singularהָיִיתָDeu

Possible Meanings:
  • fall out (semantic_range)
  • come to pass (semantic_range)
  • become (semantic_range)
  • be (semantic_range)
  • Fall out (semantic_range)
H1004 בּיִת
Definition:

12house(Phoenicianבת, MIבת, suffixביתה, Arabic, Aramaicבַּיְתָא,Assyrianbîtu, COTGloss, Sabeanבית,בת,fortressDHMZMG 1883, 387;templeHal257DHMZMG 1876, 697, EthiopicPalmyrene inבת עלמא,בת מקברתאsepulch 12house(Phoenicianבת, MIבת, suffixביתה, Arabic, Aramaicבַּיְתָא,Assyrianbîtu, COTGloss, Sabeanבית,בת,fortressDHMZMG 1883, 387;templeHal257DHMZMG 1876, 697, EthiopicPalmyrene inבת עלמא,בת מקברתאsepulch

Possible Meanings:
  • lodge (semantic_range)
  • pass the night (semantic_range)
H1931 הוּא
Definition:

23Kt, seeהוּא.הוּאmasculineהִיאfeminine(plural masculineהֵ֫מָּה,הֵם; feminineהֵ֫נָּה,הֵן[the latter only with prefixes]; see these words),pronoun of the 3rd person singular,he, she, used also(in both 23Kt, seeהוּא.הוּאmasculineהִיאfeminine(plural masculineהֵ֫מָּה,הֵם; feminineהֵ֫נָּה,הֵן[the latter only with prefixes]; see these words),pronoun of the 3rd person singular,he, she, used also(in both

H1964 הֵיכָל
Definition:

7(onIsaiah 44:28compare Che Di)palace, temple(see also Late Hebrewid. temple, Aramaicהֵיכָלָא,הֵיכְלָא,,palace, temple, PalmyreneהכלאtempleVog16; compare Arabic(probably Aramaic loan-word according to 7(onIsaiah 44:28compare Che Di)palace, temple(see also Late Hebrewid. temple, Aramaicהֵיכָלָא,הֵיכְלָא,,palace, temple, PalmyreneהכלאtempleVog16; compare Arabic(probably Aramaic loan-word according to

H3942 לִפְּנַי
Definition:

From the prepositional prefix (to or for) andpaniym; anterior -- before.see HEBREWpaniymNAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originfrom a preposition prefix andpanim, q.v.Brown-Driver-Briggsלִפְנָָֽי1 Kings From the prepositional prefix (to or for) andpaniym; anterior -- before.see HEBREWpaniymNAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originfrom a preposition prefix andpanim, q.v.Brown-Driver-Briggsלִפְנָָֽי1 Kings

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