King James Version

2 Chronicles 3:7

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

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וַיְחַ֨ףvaychafand coverחָפָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and cover”, the next action in the storyH2645to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protectceil, cover, overlay.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַבַּ֜יִתhabayitthe 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,…הַקֹּר֧וֹתhaqorotthe roofקוֹרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the roof”, the ordinary formH6982a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roofbeam, roof.הַסִּפִּ֛יםhasipimthe basonסַףdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the bason”, the ordinary formH5592a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.וְקִֽירוֹתָ֥יוveqirotayvand wallקִירconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and wall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7023a wall (as built in a trench)[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.וְדַלְתוֹתָ֖יוvedaltotayvand doorדֶּלֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1817something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoordoor (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).זָהָ֑בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.וּפִתַּ֥חufitachand openפָּתַחconjunction, verb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and open”, a completed actionH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.כְּרוּבִ֖יםkeruvimcherubכְּרוּבnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “cherub”, the ordinary formH3742a cherub or imaginary figurecherub, (plural) cherubims.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,…הַקִּירֽוֹתhaqirotthe wallקִירdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the wall”, the ordinary formH7023a wall (as built in a trench)[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he covereth the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and hath graved cherubs on the walls.

World English Bible

He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.

Darby Translation

And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.

Douay-Rheims

And the gold of the plates with which he overlaid the house, and the beams thereof, and the posts, and the walls, and the doors was of the finest: and he graved cherubims on the walls.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he gilded the house, and its inner walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐχρύσωσε τὸν οἶκον, καὶ τοὺς τοίχους αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς πυλῶνας, καὶ τὰ ὀροφώματα, καὶ τὰ θυρώματα χρυσίῳ, καὶ ἔγλυψε χερουβὶμ ἐπὶ τῶν τοίχων.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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