The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 3:5 Explained

2 Chronicles 3:5

KJV: And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

YLT: And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,

Darby: And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.

ASV: And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the greater  house  he cieled  with fir  tree,  which he overlaid  with fine  gold,  and set  thereon palm trees  and chains. 

What does 2 Chronicles 3:5 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 3:5 mean?

And the room larger he paneled with cypress and which he overlaid with gold fine and he carved on it palm trees and chainwork
וְאֵ֣ת ׀ הַבַּ֣יִת הַגָּד֗וֹל חִפָּה֙ עֵ֣ץ בְּרוֹשִׁ֔ים וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָ֣ב ט֑וֹב וַיַּ֧עַל עָלָ֛יו תִּמֹרִ֖ים וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת

הַבַּ֣יִת  the  room 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הַגָּד֗וֹל  larger 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
חִפָּה֙  he  paneled 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָפָה  
Sense: to cover, overlay, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling.
בְּרוֹשִׁ֔ים  cypress 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בְּרֹושׁ  
Sense: cypress, fir, juniper, pine.
וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ  and  which  he  overlaid 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: חָפָה  
Sense: to cover, overlay, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling.
זָהָ֣ב  with  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
ט֑וֹב  fine 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
וַיַּ֧עַל  and  he  carved 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עָלָ֛יו  on  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
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.
תִּמֹרִ֖ים  palm  trees 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תִּמֹרָה  
Sense: palm tree figure (as ornament).
וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת  and  chainwork 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: שַׁרְשָׁה 
Sense: chain.

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