King James Version

2 Chronicles 4:6

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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וַיַּ֣עַשׂvayaasand 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…כִּיּוֹרִים֮kiorimhearthכִּיּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hearth”, the ordinary formH3595properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish forcoals or a caldron forcooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl; also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platformhearth, laver, pan, scaffold.עֲשָׂרָה֒asarahtenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.וַ֠יִּתֵּןvayitenand 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…חֲמִשָּׁ֨הchamishahfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).מִיָּמִ֜יןmiyaminfrom rightיָמִיןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from right”, the ordinary formH3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south[phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.וַחֲמִשָּׁ֤הvachamishahand fiveחָמֵשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “and five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).מִשְּׂמֹאול֙mismovlfrom leftשְׂמֹאולpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from left”, the ordinary formH8040properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left handleft (hand, side).לְרָחְצָ֣הlerachetsahto batheרָחַץpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to bathe”, the to-form of the verbH7364to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)bathe (self), wash (self).בָהֶ֔םvaheminבָהֶ֔םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inאֶתetobject 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).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.הָעוֹלָ֖הhaolahthe ascentעֹלָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the ascent”, the ordinary formH5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also H5766 (עֶוֶל).יָדִ֣יחוּyadichvcast outדּוּחַverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cast out”, an unfinished actionH1740to thrust away; figuratively, to cleansecast out, purge, wash.בָ֑םvaminבָ֑םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inוְהַיָּ֕םvehayamand the seaיָםconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).לְרָחְצָ֥הlerachetsahto batheרָחַץpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to bathe”, the to-form of the verbH7364to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)bathe (self), wash (self).לַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםlakohanimto priestכֹּהֵןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.בּֽוֹbvoinבּֽוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea [is] for priests to wash with.

World English Bible

He also made ten basins, and put five on the right hand and five on the left, to wash in them. The things that belonged to the burnt offering were washed in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

Darby Translation

And he made ten lavers, and put five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them: they rinsed in them what they prepared for the burnt-offering; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

Douay-Rheims

He made also ten lavers: and he see five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them all such things as they mere to offer for holocausts: but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them the instruments of the whole-burnt-offerings, and to rinse the vessels in them; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησε λουτῆρας δέκα, καὶ ἔθηκε τοὺς πέντε ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ τοὺς πέντε ἐξ ἀριστερῶν, τοῦ πλύνειν ἐν αὐτοῖς τὰ ἔργα τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων, καὶ ἀποκλύζειν ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἡ θάλασσα εἰς τὸ νίπτεσθαι τοὺς ἱερεῖς ἐν αὐτῇ.