1 Kings 7:17
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.”
מַעֲשֶׂה
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
שֶׁבַע
seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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עַל
were on
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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רֹאשׁ
the top of
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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שְׂבָכָה
a network
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שְׂבָכָה
a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to apillar
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שַׁרְשְׁרָה
chains
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שַׁרְשְׁרָה
a chain; (architectural) probably a garland
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גְּדִל
festoons
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גְּדִל
thread, i.e. a tassel or festoon
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