1 Kings 10:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא־שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָ֥ב מוּפָֽז׃

Transliteration

Wa-yaʿas the melek kise-shen gadol; wa-yetsapehu zahav mufaz.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yaʿas*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he made
• *melek*: noun, masculine, singular - king
• *kise*: noun, masculine, singular construct - throne of
• *shen*: noun, common, singular - ivory
• *gadol*: adjective, masculine, singular - great/large
• *wa-yetsapehu*: Piel imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he overlaid it
• *zahav*: noun, masculine, singular - gold
• *mufaz*: Hophal participle, masculine singular - refined

Word Meanings

• *shen*: ivory/tooth
• *yetsapehu*: overlaid it/covered it/plated it
• *mufaz*: refined/purified/best

Referenced Verses

• Ps 45:8 : 8 All thy garments [smell of] myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
• 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
• 1 Kgs 22:39 : 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
• 2 Chr 9:17-19 : 17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
• Ps 45:6 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
• Ps 110:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• Ps 122:5 : 5 For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.
• Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.
• Amos 6:4 : 4 that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
• Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had {G1223} {G1438} made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Heb 1:8 : 8 but of the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
• Rev 18:12 : 12 merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;