KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And at that” | הַהִ֣יא׀ | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | And at that |
| “time” | בָֽעֵת | Time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc | time |
| “Solomon” | שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה | Shelomah, David's successor | Solomon |
| “held” | וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | held |
| “a feast,” | הֶחָ֡ג | A festival, or a victim therefor | feast |
| “and all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “with” | עִמּוֹ֩ | Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) | with |
| “him, a great” | גָּד֜וֹל | Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent | great |
| “congregation,” | קָהָ֨ל | Assemblage (usually concretely) | congregation |
| “from the entering” | מִלְּב֥וֹא | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | entering |
| “in of Hamath” | חֲמָ֣ת׀ | Chamath, a place in Syria | Hamath |
| “unto” | עַד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | unto |
| “the river” | נַ֣חַל | A stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) | river |
| “of Egypt,” | מִצְרַ֗יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “before” | לִפְנֵי֙ | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֣ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “our God,” | אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “seven” | שִׁבְעַ֥ת | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | seven |
| “days” | יָמִ֖ים | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “and seven” | וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | seven |
| “days,” | יָמִ֑ים | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “even” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “fourteen” | אַרְבָּעָ֥ה | Four | fourteen |
| “days.” | יֽוֹם׃ | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
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63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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