1 Kings 10:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁנֵ֧ים עָשָׂ֣ר אֲרָיִ֗ים עֹמְדִ֥ים שָׁ֛ם עַל־שֵׁ֥שׁ הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת מִזֶּ֣ה וּמִזֶּ֑ה לֹֽא־נַעֲשָׂ֥ה כֵ֖ן לְכָל־מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And sheneyim ʿasar arayim ʿomdim there on-shesh the maʿalot from this and from this; not-naʿasah thus for any-mamlakot.

Grammar Details

*sheneyim*: number, masculine - two
*ʿasar*: number - ten
*arayim*: noun, masculine plural - lions
*ʿomdim*: Qal participle, masculine plural - standing
*shesh*: number - six
*maʿalot*: noun, feminine plural - steps
*naʿasah*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - was made
*mamlakot*: noun, feminine plural - kingdoms

Word Meanings

*maʿalot*: steps/stairs/degrees
*naʿasah*: was made/was done/was created

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Referenced Verses

Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Num 24:9 : 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

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