1 Kings 6:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The vestibule in front of the main hall of the house was twenty cubits long, extending along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָאוּלָ֗ם עַל־פְּנֵי֙ הֵיכַ֣ל הַבַּ֔יִת עֶשְׂרִ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אָרְכּ֔וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י רֹ֣חַב הַבָּ֑יִת עֶ֧שֶׂר בָּאַמָּ֛ה רָחְבּ֖וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַבָּֽיִת׃

Transliteration

And the ʾûlām at pənê hêḵal the bayit twenty ʾammâ ʾorəkô at pənê rōḥaḇ the bayit ten in the ʾammâ roḥbô at pənê the bayit.

Grammar Details

• *ʾûlām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the porch/vestibule
• *pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of/front of
• *hêḵal*: noun, masculine singular construct - temple/palace/main hall of
• *bayit*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the house/temple
• *ʾammâ*: noun, feminine singular - cubit
• *ʾorəkô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its length
• *rōḥaḇ*: noun, masculine singular construct - width of
• *roḥbô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its width

Word Meanings

• *ʾûlām*: porch/vestibule/entrance hall
• *hêḵal*: temple/palace/main hall
• *pənê*: face of/front of/entrance of

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the porch in front of the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he buylded a Porche before the temple of twentye cubytes longe after the bredth of the house, & ten cubites brode before the house.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the porch before the Temple of the house was twentie cubites long according to the breadth of the house, and ten cubites broade before the house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he made a porche before the temple of the house, which was twentie cubites long, after ye breadth of the house, and ten cubites brode, euen in the fore front of the house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth thereof before the house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length of it, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits was the breadth of it before the house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits `is' its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit `is' its breadth on the front of the house;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; `and' ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was its length, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits was its breadth before the house.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 28:11 : 11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper rooms, its inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
• 2 Chr 3:3-4 : 3 These are the measurements that Solomon laid for building the house of God: sixty cubits long, according to the old standard, and twenty cubits wide. 4 The porch in front of the house was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
• Ezek 41:15 : 15 He measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the back, along with its galleries on either side, which were one hundred cubits. The interior of the temple and the porches of the courtyard were also measured.
• Matt 4:5 : 5 Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
• John 10:23 : 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts, in Solomon's Colonnade.
• Acts 3:10-11 : 10 They recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. 11 While the healed man clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them on Solomon’s Colonnade, utterly amazed.