1 Kings 6:3

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the buildings thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner rooms thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
• 2 Chr 3:3-4 : 3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits according to the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. 4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was one hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
• Ezek 41:15 : 15 And he measured the length of the building opposite the separate place that was behind it, along with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, with the inner temple and the porches of the court;
• Matt 4:5 : 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,
• John 10:23 : 23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
• Acts 3:10-11 : 10 And they knew that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. 11 And as the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them on the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.