What Does 1 Kings 7:41 Mean?
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the crowns that were on the top of the two pillars, and the two nettings, to cover the two bowls of the crowns which were on the top of the pillars.
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Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;THE KEY
The verse’s ornament is built around what stands: the networks cover the bowls borne by the pillars.
THE MEANING
Here, what stands carries the bowls, and the networks cover them; support and covering belong to one visible design. The verse makes the intricacy above legible through the structure beneath it.
THE ROOT
עַמּוּדִים
ʿammudim
GROWS FROM
עמד
עמד (ʿ-m-d) means to stand, remain, or take a stand.
The Hebrew עַמּוּדִים (ʿammudim, pillars) carries the root עמד (ʿ-m-d), “to stand.” The English noun hides the action inside the object: these are the standing supports around which the bowls and networks are arranged.
ALSO GROWS
ʿāmad: to stand, remain, take a stand
עָמַד
The verb makes audible the basic action carried by the pillars: standing.
ʿōmēd: one who stands; standing
עֹמֵד
This form describes the standing state that the pillars embody in the verse.
maʿamad: standing, position, or station
מַעֲמָד
This related form connects standing with the position a structure occupies.
THE PATTERN
What stands as support gives form to the work arranged around it.
And you shall make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold; and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.And upon the top of the pillars was lily work; so was the work of the pillars finished.And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, came to know the favor given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of sharing in common, so that we would go to the nations, and they to the circumcision.THE THREAD
And he raised the pillars in the porch of the temple. He raised the right pillar, and called its name Jachin, and he raised the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.This verse uses the same עַמּוּדִים (ʿammudim, pillars), from עמד (ʿ-m-d), “to stand.” It shows the standing supports being set in place and named, so the bowls and networks in the current verse appear as parts arranged around those supports.
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