The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:36 Explained

1 Kings 7:36

KJV: For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

YLT: And he openeth on the tablets of its spokes, and on its borders, cherubs, lions, and palm-trees, according to the void space of each, and additions round about.

Darby: And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its panels cherubim, lions and palm-trees, according to the space upon each; and garlands were round about.

ASV: And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the panels thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For on the plates  of the ledges  thereof, and on the borders  thereof, he graved  cherubims,  lions,  and palm trees,  according to the proportion  of every one,  and additions  round about. 

What does 1 Kings 7:36 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 7:36 mean?

And he engraved On the plates of its flanges and on - its panels cherubim lions and palm trees wherever there was a clear space on each and with wreaths all around
וַיְפַתַּ֤ח עַל־ הַלֻּחֹת֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וְעַל֙ [ומסגרתיה] (מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ) כְּרוּבִ֖ים אֲרָי֣וֹת וְתִמֹרֹ֑ת כְּמַֽעַר־ אִ֥ישׁ וְלֹי֖וֹת סָבִֽיב

וַיְפַתַּ֤ח  And  he  engraved 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
הַלֻּחֹת֙  the  plates 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: לוּחַ  
Sense: board, slab, tablet, plank.
יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ  of  its  flanges 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וְעַל֙  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.
[ומסגרתיה]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
(מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ)  its  panels 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִסְגֶּרֶת  
Sense: border, fastness, rim.
כְּרוּבִ֖ים  cherubim 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
אֲרָי֣וֹת  lions 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֲרִי 
Sense: lion.
וְתִמֹרֹ֑ת  and  palm  trees 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: תִּמֹרָה  
Sense: palm tree figure (as ornament).
כְּמַֽעַר־  wherever  there  was  a  clear  space  on 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַעַר  
Sense: bare, naked place, nakedness.
אִ֥ישׁ  each 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְלֹי֖וֹת  and  with  wreaths 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: לֹיָה  
Sense: wreath, garland.
סָבִֽיב  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.