Lexicon :: Strong's H520 - 'ammâ

He made the hall of pillars seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. A portico was in front of the pillars, and a canopy with pillars[fn] was in front of them.

The foundation was made of large, costly stones twelve and fifteen feet[fn] long.

He cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet[fn] high and 18 feet[fn] in circumference.[fn]

He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars; 7 ¹/₂ feet[fn] was the height of the first capital, and 7 ¹/₂ feet was also the height of the second capital.

And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet[fn] high.

He made the cast metal basin,[fn] 15 feet[fn] from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 ¹/₂ feet high and 45 feet in circumference.

Ornamental gourds encircled it below the brim, ten every half yard,[fn] completely encircling the basin. The gourds were cast in two rows when the basin was cast.

Then he made ten bronze water carts.[fn] Each water cart was 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 ¹/₂ feet[fn] high.

And the water cart’s opening inside the crown on top was eighteen inches[fn] wide. The opening was round, made as a pedestal twenty-seven inches[fn] wide. On it were carvings, but their frames were square, not round.

There were four wheels under the frames, and the wheel axles were part of the water cart; each wheel was twenty-seven inches[fn] tall.

At the top of the cart was a band nine inches[fn] high encircling it; also, at the top of the cart, its braces and its frames were one piece with it.

Then he made ten bronze basins ​— ​each basin held 220 gallons[fn] and each was six feet wide ​— ​one basin for each of the ten water carts.

The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was thirty feet wide; its height was thirty feet;[fn] he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold.

Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet. He overlaid it with forty-five thousand pounds[fn] of fine gold.

The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was 30 feet: the wing of one was 7 ¹/₂ feet,[fn] touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7 ¹/₂ feet, touching the wing of the other cherub.

The wing of the other[fn] cherub was 7 ¹/₂ feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7 ¹/₂ feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub.

The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.[fn]

In front of the temple he made two pillars, each 27 feet[fn] high. The capital on top of each was 7 ¹/₂ feet high.

Then he made the cast metal basin,[fn] 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 ¹/₂ feet[fn] high and 45 feet[fn] in circumference.

The likeness of oxen[fn] was below it, completely encircling it, ten every half yard,[fn] completely surrounding the basin. The oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast.

and had a bronze capital on top of it. One capital, encircled by bronze grating and pomegranates, stood 7 ¹/₂ feet[fn] high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates.

Each recess was 10 ¹/₂ feet long and 10 ¹/₂ feet deep, and there was a space of 8 ³/₄ feet[fn] between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate’s portico was 10 ¹/₂ feet.

it[fn] was 14 feet,[fn] and its jambs were 3 ¹/₂ feet.[fn] The gate’s portico was on the temple side.

Then he measured the width of the gate’s entrance; it was 17 ¹/₂ feet,[fn] while the width[fn] of the gate was 22 ³/₄ feet.[fn]

There was a barrier of 21 inches[fn] in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10 ¹/₂ feet[fn] square.

Then he measured the gate from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43 ³/₄ feet.[fn] The openings of the recesses faced each other.

Next, he measured the porch ​— ​105 feet.[fn][fn]

The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate’s portico on the inside was 87 ¹/₂ feet.[fn]

Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet.[fn] This was the east; next the north is described.

Its three recesses on each side, its jambs, and its portico had the same measurements as the first gate: 87 ¹/₂ feet long and 43 ³/₄ feet wide.

The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.

Both the gate and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was 87 ¹/₂ feet long and 43 ³/₄ feet wide.

The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.

Its recesses, jambs, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 ¹/₂ feet long and 43 ³/₄ feet wide.

(There were porticoes all around, 43 ³/₄ feet long and 8 ³/₄ feet wide.[fn])