Hebrew Word Studies (5 words)
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly,
- press (semantic_range)
- squeeze (semantic_range)
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
- lodge (semantic_range)
- pass the night (semantic_range)
18andfeminineEzekiel 40:16window, absoluteהַחַלּוֺןGenesis 26:812t.; constructחַלּוֺןGenesis 8:6;Proverbs 7:6; suffixחַלּוֺנָו֯Ezekiel 40:22; masculine pluralחַלּוֺנִיםEzekiel 40:253t.; constructחַלּו 18andfeminineEzekiel 40:16window, absoluteהַחַלּוֺןGenesis 26:812t.; constructחַלּוֺןGenesis 8:6;Proverbs 7:6; suffixחַלּוֺנָו֯Ezekiel 40:22; masculine pluralחַלּוֺנִיםEzekiel 40:253t.; constructחַלּו
4frame, casing of windows; — pluralחַלּוֺנֵי שְׁקֻפִים1 Kings 6:4windows of narrowing frames, so read also, inserting׳שׁ,Ezekiel 41:16(Co Toy; > Krae Berthol read׳שׁforשְׂחִיףvb);׳שׁalone1 Kings 7:4.T 4frame, casing of windows; — pluralחַלּוֺנֵי שְׁקֻפִים1 Kings 6:4windows of narrowing frames, so read also, inserting׳שׁ,Ezekiel 41:16(Co Toy; > Krae Berthol read׳שׁforשְׂחִיףvb);׳שׁalone1 Kings 7:4.T
- frame-work (semantic_range)
282t.;passiveאֲטֻמִים1 Kings 6:4;אֲטֻמוֺתEzekiel 40:162t.; —shut, stop, object lipsProverbs 17:28; earsProverbs 21:13;Isaiah 33:15; passive =closed(i.e.narrowed, narrowing, compareᵑ6in Co)׳חַלּוֺנוֺת 282t.;passiveאֲטֻמִים1 Kings 6:4;אֲטֻמוֺתEzekiel 40:162t.; —shut, stop, object lipsProverbs 17:28; earsProverbs 21:13;Isaiah 33:15; passive =closed(i.e.narrowed, narrowing, compareᵑ6in Co)׳חַלּוֺנוֺת
- shut up (semantic_range)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. Or "open, shut" (o), which could be both, having shutters to them, to open or shut at pleasure; windows which they could open, and look through at them, or
shut when they pleased; the Targum is, "open within, and shut without;'' or, as others understand it, they were wide within, and narrow without; by being narrow without, the house was preserved from bad weather, as well as could not so easily be looked into by those without; and by being broader within, the light that was let in spread itself within the house; which some interpret only of the holy place, the most holy place having, as they suppose, no windows in it, which yet is not certain: now these windows may denote the word and ordinances of the church of God, whereby light is communicated to men; which in the present state is but narrow or small, in comparison of the new Jerusalem church state, and the ultimate glory; and especially so it was under the legal dispensation, which was very obscure; see Sol 2:9 Isa 55:8 . (o) "apertas clausas", Vatablus; "perspectui accommodas, clausas", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.