1 Kings 6:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔ית יֻסַּ֖ד בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּיֶ֖רַח זִֽו׃

Transliteration

In haššānâ hārĕbîʿît yussad bêt YHWH in yeraḥ zîw.

Grammar Details

*ba-*: preposition + definite article - in the
*šānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
*hā-rĕbîʿît*: definite article + feminine singular ordinal - the fourth
*yussad*: verb, Pual perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - was founded/was laid
*bêt*: construct state, masculine singular noun - house of
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*bĕ-*: preposition - in
*yeraḥ*: masculine singular noun - month
*zîw*: proper noun - Ziv

Word Meanings

*yussad*: was founded/was laid foundation of/was established
*bêt*: house/temple/dwelling of
*yeraḥ*: month/moon
*zîw*: Ziv (second month)/brightness/splendor (April-May)

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 6:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 3:2 : 2 And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 6:1-2
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1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.
2And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.
1 Kgs 6:38
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38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
1 Kgs 6:36
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36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
2 Chr 3:1-2
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1Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where [Jehovah] appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Ezra 3:6
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6From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid.
Ezra 6:3-4
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3In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
4with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.
Hag 1:15
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15in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth [month], in the second year of Darius the king.
Ezra 6:15
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15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
2 Chr 31:7
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7In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
Ezra 5:16-17
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16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.
17Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure - house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
Ezra 3:8
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8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Jehovah.
Zech 4:8-9
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8Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.
Zech 7:1
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1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth [day] of the ninth month, even in Chislev.
1 Kgs 6:5-7
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5And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
6The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.
7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
1 Kgs 6:17
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17And the house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].
Hag 1:2
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2Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built.
Ezra 5:13
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13But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
2 Chr 8:16
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16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. [So] the house of Jehovah was completed.
1 Kgs 6:9
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9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
1 Kgs 5:17
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17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
2 Kgs 22:6
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6unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
2 Chr 29:3
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3He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.
Hag 2:18
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18Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month], since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it.
Ezra 3:11
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11And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, [saying], For he is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.
Zech 8:9
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9Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
Ezek 41:5
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5Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
1 Kgs 7:10
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10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Ezra 4:1
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1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;
Ezra 7:8
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8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Hag 1:4
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4Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?
2 Chr 29:17
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17Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
2 Chr 6:10
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10And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
2 Chr 6:7
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7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Hag 1:8
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8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.
Neh 6:15
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15So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days.
1 Chr 22:2
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2 Chr 24:13
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Jer 39:2
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2 Kgs 12:12
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1 Kgs 5:5
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Ezra 6:7
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7let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
Ezra 4:4
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2 Chr 8:1
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1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,