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1 Kings 6:17

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

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וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםvearbaimand fortyאַרְבָּעִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and forty”, the ordinary formH705forty-forty.בָּאַמָּ֖הbaamahin cubitאַמָּהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in cubit”, the ordinary formH520properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.הָיָ֣הhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הַבָּ֑יִתhabayitthe familyבַּיִתdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…ה֖וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.הַהֵיכָ֥לhaheykhalthe palaceהֵיכָלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the palace”, the ordinary formH1964a large public building, such as a palace or templepalace, temple.לִפְנָֽיlifnayto beforeלִפְנַיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to before”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3942anteriorbefore.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the house, that is, the temple before the Sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle , was forty cubits long .

Young’s Literal Translation

And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it].

World English Bible

In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.

Darby Translation

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].

Douay-Rheims

And the temple itself before the doors of the oracle was forty cubits long.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the house, that is, the temple before the Sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the temple was forty cubits in extent ,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τεσσαράκοντα πήχεων ἦν ὁ ναὸς κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ δαβὶρ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ οἴκου ἔσωθεν,