The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:41 Explained

1 Kings 7:41

KJV: The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

YLT: pillars two, and bowls of the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars two, and the nets two, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars;

Darby: two pillars, and the globes of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;

ASV: the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The two  pillars,  and the [two] bowls  of the chapiters  that [were] on the top  of the two  pillars;  and the two  networks,  to cover  the two  bowls  of the chapiters  which [were] upon the top  of the pillars; 

What does 1 Kings 7:41 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 7:40-51 - Vessels Of Brass And Of Gold
As we pass from the outward to the inward part of the sanctuary, brass gives place to gold. The nearer we come to God's throne in the Holy of Holies, the more costly and magnificent everything must become. Even snuffers, hinges, and spoons must be of gold. God's highest service calls for our best in the least things that pertain to it.
The enumeration of ornaments and utensils in brass and gold, leads to the announcement that Solomon gave up counting the weight, and that the weight of the brass could not be found out. The r.v. margin says, "was not searched out." In this there is shadowed forth "the unsearchable riches of Christ," Ephesians 3:8. You cannot weigh them up. They defy calculation. It is only when you get the accumulated experience of all the saints that you can comprehend the length and breadth and depth and height of the love of Christ that passeth knowledge, Ephesians 3:18. See to it that you grow in the grace and in the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord, 2 Peter 3:18. Let there be a sensible advance into the deep things of God. For wood bring stones, for stones iron, for iron brass, and for brass gold, Isaiah 60:17. And may we all leave a finished building behind us when we pass on to see the King!
1 Kings 7:1-51 - 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 7

1  The building of Solomon's house
2  Of the house of Lebanon
6  Of the porch of pillars
7  Of the porch of judgment
8  Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter
13  Hiram's work of the two pillars,
23  Of the molten sea
27  Of the ten bases
38  Of the ten lavers
40  and all the vessels

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 7:41 mean?

the pillars two and [two] bowl-shaped the capitals that [were] on top of the pillars two and the networks two covering - two bowl-shaped the capitals that [were] of the pillars
עַמֻּדִ֣ים שְׁנַ֔יִם וְגֻלֹּ֧ת הַכֹּתָרֹ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־ עַל־ רֹ֥אשׁ הָֽעַמֻּדִ֖ים שְׁתָּ֑יִם וְהַשְּׂבָכ֣וֹת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְכַסּ֗וֹת אֶת־ שְׁתֵּי֙ גֻּלֹּ֣ת הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר הָעַמּוּדִֽים

עַמֻּדִ֣ים  the  pillars 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
שְׁנַ֔יִם  two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
וְגֻלֹּ֧ת  and  [two]  bowl-shaped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: גֻּלָּה 
Sense: bowl, spring, basin.
הַכֹּתָרֹ֛ת  the  capitals 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: כֹּתֶרֶת  
Sense: capital crown, capital of a pillar.
אֲשֶׁר־  that  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
רֹ֥אשׁ  top 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הָֽעַמֻּדִ֖ים  of  the  pillars 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
שְׁתָּ֑יִם  two 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
וְהַשְּׂבָכ֣וֹת  and  the  networks 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: שְׂבָכָה  
Sense: network, lattice-work, net, netting.
שְׁתַּ֔יִם  two 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
לְכַסּ֗וֹת  covering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שְׁתֵּי֙  two 
Parse: Number, fdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
גֻּלֹּ֣ת  bowl-shaped 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: גֻּלָּה 
Sense: bowl, spring, basin.
הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔ת  the  capitals 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: כֹּתֶרֶת  
Sense: capital crown, capital of a pillar.
אֲשֶׁ֖ר  that  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
הָעַמּוּדִֽים  of  the  pillars 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.

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