King James Version

2 Chronicles 3:16

And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

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וַיַּ֤עַשׂvayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙sharsherotchainשַׁרְשְׁרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “chain”, the ordinary formH8333a chain; (architectural) probably a garlandchain.בַּדְּבִ֔ירbadvirin oracleדְּבִירpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in oracle”, the ordinary formH1687the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuaryoracle.וַיִּתֵּ֖ןvayitenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…רֹ֣אשׁroshheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.הָעַמֻּדִ֑יםhaamudimthe pillarעַמּוּדdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the pillar”, the ordinary formH5982a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform[idiom] apiece, pillar.וַיַּ֤עַשׂvayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…רִמּוֹנִים֙rimonimpomegranateרִמּוֹןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “pomegranate”, the ordinary formH7416a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)pomegranate.מֵאָ֔הmeahhundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וַיִּתֵּ֖ןvayitenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹתbasharsherotin chainשַׁרְשְׁרָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in chain”, the ordinary formH8333a chain; (architectural) probably a garlandchain.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he made chains in the Sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he maketh chains in the oracle, and putteth on the heads of the pillars, and maketh a hundred pomegranates, and putteth on the chains.

World English Bible

He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

Darby Translation

And he made chains [as] in the oracle, and he put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

Douay-Rheims

He made also as it were little chains in the oracle, and he put them on the heads of the pillars: and a hundred pomegranates, which he put between the little chains.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he made chains in the Sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησε σερσερὼθ ἐν τῷ δαβὶρ, καὶ ἔδωκεν ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν τῶν στύλων· καὶ ἐποίησε ῥοΐσκους ἑκατὸν, καὶ ἔθηκεν ἐπὶ τῶν χαλαστῶν.