The Meaning of 1 Kings 6:6 Explained

1 Kings 6:6

KJV: The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

YLT: The lowest couch, five by the cubit is its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit is its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit is its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without -- not to lay hold on the walls of the house.

Darby: The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the thickness of the wall of the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house.

ASV: The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams'should not have hold in the walls of the house.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The nethermost  chamber  [was] five  cubits  broad,  and the middle  [was] six  cubits  broad,  and the third  [was] seven  cubits  broad:  for without [in the wall] of  the house  he made  narrowed rests  round about,  that [the beams] should not be fastened  in the walls  of the house. 

What does 1 Kings 6:6 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 6:1-13 - The Plan Of The Lord's House
The Temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle-ninety feet long by thirty feet broad, and forty-five feet high. The plan had been given to David by revelation, 1 Chronicles 28:11-12. Seven years and a half were consumed in its erection. It was completed in sacred silence, 1 Kings 6:7. The awful sanctity of the shrine would have been violated if its construction had been marred by the harsh and violent sounds that generally accompany the mason's toil. "Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprang." In nature, God works so silently that we do not realize His activities.
The central motive was to provide a place worthy to be called the house of God. Israel was now ruled by a king, but he was viewed as the organ and instrument of Jehovah. It was fitting, therefore, that the King of kings should have a dwelling-place among the people of Israel. The tabernacle of God was with men. He dwelled with them on the earth. The Temple was, moreover, the type, first of the body of Jesus, John 2:21; then of each believer, 1 Corinthians 3:16; and lastly of the whole Church, Ephesians 2:21-22. Each of these is the dwelling-place of God, and the innermost chamber-the Holy of Holies-is meant to be the throne-room of the Shekinah of His presence, Leviticus 16:2.
1 Kings 6:1-38 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 6

1  The building of Solomon's temple
5  The chambers thereof
11  God's promise unto it
15  The ceiling and adorning of it
23  The cherubim
31  The doors
36  The court
37  The time of building it

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 6:6 mean?

- the chamber [was] lowest five cubits wide and the middle [was] six cubits and the third [was] seven wide for narrow ledges he made of the temple around the outside so that not [the support beams] would be fastened into the walls of the temple
[היצוע] (הַיָּצִ֨יעַ) הַתַּחְתֹּנָ֜ה חָמֵ֧שׁ בָּאַמָּ֣ה רָחְבָּ֗הּ וְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙ שֵׁ֤שׁ בָּֽאַמָּה֙ וְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔ית שֶׁ֥בַע רָחְבָּ֑הּ כִּ֡י מִגְרָעוֹת֩ נָתַ֨ן לַבַּ֤יִת סָבִיב֙ ח֔וּצָה לְבִלְתִּ֖י אֲחֹ֥ז בְּקִֽירוֹת־ הַבָּֽיִת

[היצוע]  - 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
(הַיָּצִ֨יעַ)  the  chamber  [was] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָצוּעַ 
Sense: couch, bed.
הַתַּחְתֹּנָ֜ה  lowest 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: תַּחְתֹּון  
Sense: lower, lowest, nether.
חָמֵ֧שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
בָּאַמָּ֣ה  cubits 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
רָחְבָּ֗הּ  wide 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
וְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙  and  the  middle  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: תִּיכֹון  
Sense: middle.
שֵׁ֤שׁ  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
בָּֽאַמָּה֙  cubits 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔ית  and  the  third  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: שְׁלִישִׁי 
Sense: third, one third, third part, third time.
שֶׁ֥בַע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
רָחְבָּ֑הּ  wide 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
מִגְרָעוֹת֩  narrow  ledges 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מִגְרָעֹות  
Sense: recess, ledge, rebatement.
נָתַ֨ן  he  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לַבַּ֤יִת  of  the  temple 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
סָבִיב֙  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
ח֔וּצָה  the  outside 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
לְבִלְתִּ֖י  so  that  not 
Parse: Preposition-l
Root: בִּלְתִּי  
Sense: not, except adv.
אֲחֹ֥ז  [the  support  beams]  would  be  fastened 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָחוּז 
Sense: grasp, take hold, seize, take possession.
בְּקִֽירוֹת־  into  the  walls 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: קִיר  
Sense: wall, side.
הַבָּֽיִת  of  the  temple 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.

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