What Does 1 Kings 7:29 Mean in the King James?
And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The frames around the sacred structure are not blank boundaries: they carry the images of strength, labor, and guardianship.
THE MEANING
What holds a sacred space together is itself alive with images: strength, labor, and guardianship occupy its frames and ledges. The boundary is not empty space around meaning; it is one of the places meaning takes form. The verse speaks now of a structure whose enclosing parts also carry what it means.
THE ROOT
מִסְגְּרוֹת
misgerot
GROWS FROM
סגר
To shut, close, or enclose.
The Hebrew word for these borders belongs to the family of closing and enclosing, and can also describe a frame. Here the enclosing structure is not merely an edge: it is a surface bearing the figures that give the structure its meaning.
ALSO GROWS
sāgar: To shut, close, or enclose.
סָגַר
It reveals the enclosing action beneath the word for the borders: these frames hold the decorated parts within a defined structure.
misgeret: A frame, border, or enclosure.
מִסְגֶּרֶת
This related form makes the border’s framing function visible: what surrounds and holds the panels also bears the carved images.
THE PATTERN
Sacred structures bear their meaning on the coverings, frames, and surfaces that hold them together.
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we can not now speak particularly.THE THREAD
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.The verse names lions, oxen, and cherubim on the frames of the stands; this one shows carved figures and living forms across the temple walls. Together they reveal a sacred structure whose boundaries and supports carry its imagery.
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