King James Version

1 Kings 7:33

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.

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וּמַֽעֲשֵׂה֙umaasehand businessמַעֲשֶׂהconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and 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.הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔יםhaofanimthe wheelאוֹפָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the wheel”, the ordinary formH212a wheelwheel.כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖הkemaasehas businessמַעֲשֶׂהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as 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.אוֹפַ֣ןofanwheelאוֹפָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “wheel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH212a wheelwheel.הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֑הhamerkavahthe chariot. See also H1024מֶרְכָּבָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the chariot. See also H1024”, the ordinary formH4818a chariotchariot. See also H1024 (בֵּית הַמַּרְכָּבוֹת).יְדוֹתָ֣םyedotamhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […וְגַבֵּיהֶ֗םvegabeyhemand backגַבconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and back”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1354the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.וְחִשֻּׁקֵיהֶ֛םvechishuqeyhemand felloeחִשֻּׁקconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and felloe”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2839conjoined, i.e. a wheel-spoke or rod connecting the hub with the rimfelloe.וְחִשֻּׁרֵיהֶ֖םvechishureyhemand spokeחִשֻּׁרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and spoke”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2840combined, i.e. the nave or hub of awheel (as holding the spokes together)spoke.הַכֹּ֥לhakolthe allכֹּלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the all”, the ordinary formH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מוּצָֽקmutsaqcastיָצַקverb, hophal, passive participle, absolute — “cast”, a verb used as a describing wordH3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hardcast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel; their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the work of the wheels [is] as the work of the wheel of a chariot, their spokes, and their axles, and their felloes, and their naves; the whole [is] molten.

World English Bible

The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast metal.

Darby Translation

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their supports, and their rims, and their spokes and their naves were all molten.

Douay-Rheims

And they were such wheels as are used to be made in a chariot: and their axletrees, and spokes, and strakes, and naves, were all east.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel; their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the clay land between Socchoth and Sira.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν τῷ περιοίκῳ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἐχώνευσεν αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ πάχει τῆς γῆς ἀναμέσον Σοκχὼθ καὶ ἀναμέσον Σειρά.