The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 3:4 Explained

2 Chronicles 3:4

KJV: And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

YLT: As to the porch that is on the front, the length is by the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty, and he overlayeth it within with pure gold.

Darby: And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

ASV: And the porch that was before the house , the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the porch  that [was] in the front  [of the house], the length  [of it was] according to the breadth  of the house,  twenty  cubits,  and the height  [was] an hundred  and twenty:  and he overlaid  it within  with pure  gold. 

What does 2 Chronicles 3:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 3

1  The place and time of building the temple
3  The measure and ornaments of the house
11  The cherubim
14  The veil and pillars

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 3:4 mean?

And the vestibule that [was] in front [of the sanctuary] - upon across the width of the house was cubits long twenty and the height [was] a hundred and twenty and He overlaid the inside with gold pure
וְהָאוּלָ֡ם אֲשֶׁר֩ עַל־ פְּנֵ֨י הָאֹ֜רֶךְ עַל־ פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־ הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ מֵאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְצַפֵּ֥הוּ מִפְּנִ֖ימָה זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר

וְהָאוּלָ֡ם  And  the  vestibule 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: porch.
אֲשֶׁר֩  that  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
פְּנֵ֨י  front  [of  the  sanctuary] 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הָאֹ֜רֶךְ  - 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: 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.
פְּנֵ֤י  across 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
רֹֽחַב־  the  width 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
הַבַּ֙יִת֙  of  the  house 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אַמּ֣וֹת  was  cubits  long 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ  and  the  height  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּבַהּ  
Sense: height, exaltation.
מֵאָ֣ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים  and  twenty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וַיְצַפֵּ֥הוּ  and  He  overlaid 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: צָפָה  
Sense: to lay out, lay over, overlay, cover.
מִפְּנִ֖ימָה  the  inside 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: פְּנִימָה  
Sense: toward the inside, within, faceward.
זָהָ֥ב  with  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
טָהֽוֹר  pure 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָהֹור  
Sense: pure, clean.

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