2nd Kings 16:17
Forsooth king Ahaz took away the painted foundaments or bases of the pillars, and the washing vessel, that was set above, and he put down the sea, that is, the washing vessel for priests, from off the brazen oxen, that sustained it, and he setted or put it on the pavement arrayed with stone.This verse in the real world
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- מַרְצֶפֶתmartsephetha pavement
- מִסְגֶּרֶתmiçgerethsomething enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
- קָצַץqâtsatsto chop off (literally or figuratively)
- מְכוֹנָהmᵉkôwnâha pedestal, also a spot
- כִּיּוֹרkîyôwrproperly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish forcoals or a caldr
- אָחָזʼÂchâzAchaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
- נְחֹשֶׁתnᵉchôshethcopper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as c
- בָּקָרbâqârbeef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collecti
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Ch 29:19, Jer 52:20, 2Ki 25:13–16, 1Ki 7:23–39, 2Ch 4:14–15, 2Ch 28:24