1 Kings 7:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple, and he set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֙קֶם֙ אֶת־הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים לְאֻלָ֖ם הַֽהֵיכָ֑ל וַיָּ֜קֶם אֶת־הָעַמּ֣וּד הַיְמָנִ֗י וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ יָכִ֔ין וַיָּ֙קֶם֙ אֶת־הָעַמּ֣וּד הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔י וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז

Transliteration

And-wayyāqem ʾet-the-ʿammudîm for-ʾulām the-hêkāl; and-wayyāqem ʾet-the-ʿammûd the-yĕmānî and-wayyiqrāʾ ʾet-šĕmô yākîn, and-wayyāqem ʾet-the-ʿammûd the-śĕmāʾlî and-wayyiqrāʾ ʾet-šĕmô bōʿaz

Grammar Details

• *wayyāqem*: verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and he set up/erected
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʿammudîm*: masculine plural - pillars/columns
• *ʾulām*: masculine singular construct - porch/vestibule of
• *hêkāl*: masculine singular - temple/palace
• *ʿammûd*: masculine singular - pillar/column
• *yĕmānî*: masculine singular - right-hand/southern
• *wayyiqrāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - and he called
• *šĕmô*: masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
• *yākîn*: proper noun - Jachin (meaning 'he will establish')
• *śĕmāʾlî*: masculine singular - left-hand/northern
• *bōʿaz*: proper noun - Boaz (meaning possibly 'in strength')

Word Meanings

• *yākîn*: he will establish/he will make firm
• *bōʿaz*: in strength/in him is strength

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. He set up the right-hand pillar and named it Jachin, and the left-hand pillar and named it Boaz.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he set up{H6965} the pillars{H5982} at the porch{H197} of the temple:{H1964} and he set up{H6965} the right{H3233} pillar,{H5982} and called{H7121} the name{H8034} thereof Jachin;{H3199} and he set up{H6965} the left{H8042} pillar,{H5982} and called{H7121} the name{H8034} thereof Boaz.{H1162}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he set up{H6965}{(H8686)} the pillars{H5982} in the porch{H197} of the temple{H1964}: and he set up{H6965}{(H8686)} the right{H3233} pillar{H5982}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} thereof Jachin{H3199}: and he set up{H6965}{(H8686)} the left{H8042} pillar{H5982}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} thereof Boaz{H1162}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And set vp the pilers before the porche of the temple. And that which he set on the right hande, called he Iachin: and that which he set on the lefte hande, called he Boos.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he set vp the pillars in the porche of the Temple; when hee had set vp the right pillar, he called the name thereof Iachin: and when he had set vp the left pillar, he called the name thereof Boaz.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he set vp the pillers in the porch of the temple: And when he had set vp the right piller, he called the name therof Iachin: and when he had set vp the left piller, he called the name thereof Boaz.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name of it Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name of it Boaz.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He put up the pillars at the doorway of the Temple, naming the one on the right Jachin, and that on the left Boaz.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right side and called it Yakin; he erected the other pillar on the left side and called it Boaz.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 3:17 : 17 And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
• 1 Kgs 6:3 : 3 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.
• 1 Kgs 7:12 : 12 And the great court all around was with three rows of cut stones and a row of cedar beams, for the inner court of the house of the LORD and for the porch of the house.
• Ruth 4:21 : 21 Salmon begat Boaz, Boaz begat Obed,
• 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 45:24 : 24 Surely, they shall say, In the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him shall men come; and all who are incensed against Him shall be ashamed.
• Ezek 40:48-49 : 48 Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side. 49 The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits. By the steps which led up to it there were pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.
• Matt 16:18 : 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Gal 2:9 : 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
• Rev 3:12 : 12 He who overcomes, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.