The Meaning of 1 Kings 6:32 Explained

1 Kings 6:32

KJV: The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

YLT: And the two doors are of the oil-tree, and he hath carved upon them carvings of cherubs, and palm-trees, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with gold, and he causeth the gold to go down on the cherubs and on the palm-trees.

Darby: The two doors were of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees and half-open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm-trees.

ASV: So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The two  doors  also [were of] olive  tree;  and he carved  upon them carvings  of cherubims  and palm trees  and open  flowers,  and overlaid  [them] with gold,  and spread  gold  upon the cherubims,  and upon the palm trees. 

What does 1 Kings 6:32 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 6:29-38 - Carved Overlaid Finished
The meaning of 1 Kings 6:31 is uncertain. We gather that the door of the inner shrine was made of wild-olive wood and in two parts, and that it occupied a fifth of the cedar partition which separated the two chambers. This wooden door was carved with cherubim, palm-trees, and open flowers, and was overlaid with gold. One part was always open, but the interior was concealed from view by a veil of blue, purple, and crimson, 2 Chronicles 3:14. In front of this were hung festoons of golden chains. Thus it was signified that the way into the Holiest was not then open. But we have boldness to enter, through the new and living way which Jesus consecrated for us. The surrendered will, the cleansed life, the meek and humble faith-these are the path, Hebrews 10:19-20.
The erection occupied seven and a half years, and the completed Temple stood for upward of four centuries, until destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. The construction of character, after God's ideal, may take long, but it advances to completion. First the stone, hewn with difficulty; then cedar and olive; lastly gold.
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 6:32 mean?

And two the doors [were of] wood olive and he carved on them figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers and overlaid [them] with gold and he spread on the cherubim and on the palm trees - gold
וּשְׁתֵּי֮ דַּלְת֣וֹת עֲצֵי־ שֶׁמֶן֒ וְקָלַ֣ע עֲ֠לֵיהֶם מִקְלְע֨וֹת כְּרוּבִ֧ים וְתִמֹר֛וֹת וּפְטוּרֵ֥י צִצִּ֖ים וְצִפָּ֣ה זָהָ֑ב וַיָּ֛רֶד עַל־ הַכְּרוּבִ֥ים וְעַל־ הַתִּֽמֹר֖וֹת אֶת־ הַזָּהָֽב

וּשְׁתֵּי֮  And  two 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, fdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
דַּלְת֣וֹת  the  doors  [were  of] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: דַּל 
Sense: door, gate.
עֲצֵי־  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
שֶׁמֶן֒  olive 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
וְקָלַ֣ע  and  he  carved 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָלַע 
Sense: to sling, hurl forth.
עֲ֠לֵיהֶם  on  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מִקְלְע֨וֹת  figures 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִקְלַעַת  
Sense: carving.
כְּרוּבִ֧ים  of  cherubim 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
וְתִמֹר֛וֹת  and  palm  trees 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: תִּמֹרָה  
Sense: palm tree figure (as ornament).
וּפְטוּרֵ֥י  and  open 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural construct
Root: פָּטַר  
Sense: opened.
צִצִּ֖ים  flowers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: צִיץ 
Sense: flower, bloom.
וְצִפָּ֣ה  and  overlaid  [them] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָפָה  
Sense: to lay out, lay over, overlay, cover.
זָהָ֑ב  with  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
וַיָּ֛רֶד  and  he  spread 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָדַד  
Sense: to beat down, beat out, subdue.
הַכְּרוּבִ֥ים  the  cherubim 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
וְעַל־  and  on 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַתִּֽמֹר֖וֹת  the  palm  trees 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: תִּמֹרָה  
Sense: palm tree figure (as ornament).
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.
הַזָּהָֽב  gold 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.

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