The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:34 Explained

1 Kings 7:34

KJV: And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

YLT: And four shoulders are unto the four corners of the one base; out of the base are its shoulders.

Darby: And there were four shoulder-pieces to the four corners of one base; of the base itself were its shoulder-pieces.

ASV: And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base itself.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [there were] four  undersetters  to the four  corners  of one  base:  [and] the undersetters  [were] of the very base  itself. 

What does 1 Kings 7:34 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 7:27-39 - Vases And Lavers
In addition to the great molten sea, described in the previous verses, there were ten portable vessels, or vases, that ran on wheels, so that they could be pushed across the level marble floor to any part of the court where fresh cleansing water was required. Five of these lavers were placed on the right, and ten on the left, of the great brazen altar. Such things as belonged to the burned-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in, 2 Chronicles 4:6.
We should carefully note the large provision made under the old Covenant for ceremonial washings. How precise is this account of these vessels! Does it not give weight to that injunction: "Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord"? Isaiah 52:11. This passage reminds us of the infinite purity of God, who charges His angels with folly, Job 4:18, and in whose sight the heavens are not clean, Job 15:15. As our Lord said to His disciples: "He that is clean needs"¦ to wash his feet," John 13:10. Every act of ours, even though we are priests unto God, needs to be cleansed and sanctified by the Word of God and prayer, Acts 6:4.
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 7:34 mean?

And four [there were] supports at the four corners of cart one part of the cart itself its supports [were]
וְאַרְבַּ֣ע כְּתֵפ֔וֹת אֶ֚ל אַרְבַּ֣ע פִּנּ֔וֹת הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה הָֽאֶחָ֑ת מִן־ הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה כְּתֵפֶֽיהָ

וְאַרְבַּ֣ע  And  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
כְּתֵפ֔וֹת  [there  were]  supports 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.
אֶ֚ל  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אַרְבַּ֣ע  the  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
פִּנּ֔וֹת  corners 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: פִּנָּה  
Sense: corner.
הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה  of  cart 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְכֹונָה  
Sense: fixed resting place, base, pedestal.
הָֽאֶחָ֑ת  one 
Parse: Article, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
מִן־  part 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה  of  the  cart  itself 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְכֹונָה  
Sense: fixed resting place, base, pedestal.
כְּתֵפֶֽיהָ  its  supports  [were] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.

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