וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה טוּרִ֑ים וּמֶחֱזָ֥ה אֶל מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים
There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
World English Bible · Public Domain
There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
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There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
And the frames three rows, and window opposite window three tiers.
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There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
And there were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
And there were prospects in three rows, and light was over against light in three ranks.
And the windowes were in three rowes, and windowe was against windowe in three rankes.
Set one against another,
And windows `are' in three rows, and sight `is' over-against sight three times.
And frames [are] in three rows, and window [is] toward window three times.
There were beams in three rows, and each window was opposite another window in three sets.
And the frames three rows, and window opposite window three tiers.
And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.
There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
The windows were placed high up, in three rows facing each other.
There were three lines of window-frames, window facing window in every line.
And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.
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The rarest word here is וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים window frame H8261 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
First appearance in Scripture
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Shared distinctive vocabulary
וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים window frame H8261 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
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וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה טוּרִ֑ים וּמֶחֱזָ֥ה אֶל מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים
There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί δύο ἐπίθεμα ποιέω δίδωμι ἐπί ὁ κεφαλή ὁ στῦλος χωνευτός χαλκοῦς πέντε πῆχυς ὁ ὕψος ὁ ἐπίθεμα ὁ εἷς καί πέντε πῆχυς ὁ ὕψος ὁ ἐπίθεμα ὁ δεύτερος
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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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וּכְלֵנְסָא תְּלַת סִדְרִין וּזְוִי לָקֳבֵיל זְוִי תְּלַת זִמְנִין:
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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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1 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 8 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shâquph (“window frame”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Kings 7:4 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.