Original Language Studio
1 Kings 6:3
“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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H197 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a vestibule (as bound to the building)
- Derivation
- or (shortened), אֻלָם ; from H481 (אָלַם) (in the sense of tying);
- KJV renderings
- porch.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הָ — particle (definite article)
- אוּלָ֗ם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 34 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 7:61 Kings 7:61 Kings 7:71 Kings 7:71 Kings 7:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אוּלָם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.