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1 Kings 8:8
“And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H748 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, [phrase] (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).
- Grammar
- וַֽ — conjunction
- יַּאֲרִכוּ֮ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 34 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:8Exodus 20:12Numbers 9:19Numbers 9:22Deuteronomy 4:26
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 אָרַךְ 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.