King James Version

1 Kings 7:28

And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

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וְזֶ֛הvezehand the one...the otherזֶהconjunction, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “and the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaasehbusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.הַמְּכוֹנָ֖הhamkhonahthe baseמְכוֹנָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the base”, the ordinary formH4350a pedestal, also a spotbase.מִסְגְּרֹ֣תmisgerotborderמִסְגֶּרֶתnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “border”, the ordinary formH4526something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a strongholdborder, close place, hole.לָהֶ֑םlahemtoלָהֶ֑םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toוּמִסְגְּרֹ֖תumisgerotand borderמִסְגֶּרֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and border”, the ordinary formH4526something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a strongholdborder, close place, hole.בֵּ֥יןbeynbetweenבֵּיןpreposition — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.הַשְׁלַבִּֽיםhashlabimthe ledgeשָׁלָבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the ledge”, the ordinary formH7948a spacer or raised interval, i.e. the stile in aframe or panelledge.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders between the stays;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;

Young’s Literal Translation

And this [is] the work of the base: they have borders, and the borders [are] between the joinings;

World English Bible

The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;

Darby Translation

And the work of the bases was this: they had panels, and the panels were between the fillets.

Douay-Rheims

And the work itself of the bases, was intergraven: and there were gravings between the joinings.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders between the stays;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The four hundred pomegranates for both the net-works, two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὰς ῥοὰς τετρακοσίας ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς δικτύοις, δύο στίχοι ῥοῶν τῷ δικτύῳ τῷ ἑνὶ, περικαλύπτειν ἀμφότερα τὰ ὄντα τὰ στρεπτὰ τῆς μεχωνὼθ ἐπʼ ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς στύλοις·