## Rashi on I Kings Chapter 7

###### Rashi on I Kings 7:1:1
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**וְאֶת בֵּיתוֹ בָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה.** שֶׁבִּמְלֶאכֶת גָּבוֹהַּ נִזְדָּרֵז, וּבְשֶׁלּוֹ נִתְעַצֵּל, וּבְשִׁבְחוֹ סִפֵּר הַכָּתוּב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Shlomo built his [own] house in thirteen years.** In work of the Most High he hurried,¹ but in his own [work] he was slow; the text tells this to praise him.

footnotes:
¹ Shlomo built the Beis Hamikdosh in seven years as stated in 6:38 above.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:2:1
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**בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֹן.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: בֵּית מְקֵרַת מַלְכַיָּא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The house of the Forest of Lebanon.** [Targum] Yonoson translated, “a house for the cooling of kings.”²

footnotes:
² Alternatively, it is called “the house of the forest” because the house was constructed with many wooden pillars which gave it an appearance of a forest; or the house was actually located in the forest of Levanon.—Metzudas Dovid.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:2:2
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**וּכְרֻתוֹת אֲרָזִים.** קוֹרוֹת אֲרָזִים, לְאֹרֶךְ הַבַּיִת הָיָה טוּר עַמּוּדִים בַּקַּרְקַע, וְהַכְּרוּתוֹת מֵעַמּוּד לְעַמּוּד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And cut beams of cedar.** Beams of cedar were along the length of the house. There was a row of columns on the ground and the cut beams from column to column.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:3:1
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**וְסָפֻן בָּאֶרֶז.** קִרוּי עֲלִיָּה מִלְּמַעְלָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**It was covered with cedar.** A ceiling over it from above.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:3:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:3:2)

**עַל הַצְּלָעֹת.** מְחִצּוֹת עֶלְיוֹנוֹת שֶׁעַל הַכְּרוּתוֹת, אַרְבָּעָה מְחִצּוֹת זֶה אֶל זֶה בָּרֹחַב, מְשׁוּכִים לְאֹרֶךְ הַבַּיִת, כֻּלָּן פְּתָחִים וְחַלּוֹנוֹת, כִּי בֵּית הַקַּיִץ הוּא עָשׂוּי לַאֲוִיר, וְעַל אוֹתָן מְחִצּוֹת קִרוּי הַסִּפּוּן, אַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה נְסָרִים הָיוּ הַסִּפּוּן, שְׁלשָׁה טוּרֵי נְסָרִים (לִשְׁלשָׁה חֲלָלִים), שֶׁבֵּין אַרְבַּע טוּרֵי הָעַמּוּדִים, חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר נְסָרִים הַטּוּר (כְּלוֹמַר נְתוּנִים בֵּין כָּל חֲלַל חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר מֵהֶם) אָרְכָּן לָרֹחַב שֶׁבֵּין טוּר לְטוּר, וְרָחְבָּן לְאֹרֶךְ הַבַּיִת זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**On top of the boards.** The upper partitions which were on the cut [beams]. Four partitions, one next to the other along the width and extending along the length of the house. Each had openings and windows, because this was a summer home made for air. And on those partitions was the covering of the ceiling. The ceiling was [made] of forty-five boards, three rows of boards (for the three spaces) between the four rows of columns, fifteen boards to each row (i.e., fifteen of them were placed in each space). Their length was along the width of each row and their width was along the length of the house, one next to the other.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:4:1
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**וּשְׁקֻפִים שְׁלשָׁה טוּרִים.** וְעוֹד עָשָׂה קִרוּי אֵצֶל שְׁלשָׁה טוּרִים הַנְּסָרִים, וּשְׁלשֶׁת טוּרֵי הַשְּׁקוּפִים, כִּי רֹחַב שֶׁל חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר נְסָרִים, לֹא קִרָה אֶת הַבַּיִת בְּכָל אָרְכּוֹ, שֶׁהוּא מֵאָה אַמָּה, וְעָשָׂה אֶצְלוֹ לְקָרוֹת הַבַּיִת קִרוּי שֶׁל נְסָרִים קְטַנִּים, נְתוּנִים עַל מֵרִישִׁין קְטַנִּים הַנּוֹתָרִים (צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר: הַנְּתוּנִים) מִטּוּר כְּרוּתוֹת אֲרָזִים אֶל טוּר, שְׁלשָׁה מֵרִישִׁין זֶה אֵצֶל (צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר: לְסוֹף) זֶה, וּשְׁקוּפִין מִשְּׁנֵי צִדֵּיהֶן, כְּעֵין מַשְׁקוֹף שֶׁהַדֶּלֶת שׁוֹקֵף בּוֹ, וְעַל אוֹתָן שְׁקוּפִין, רָאשֵׁי הַנְּסָרִים הַקְּטַנִּים נְתוּנִים בּוֹ, אָרְכָּן שֶׁל נְסָרִים קְטַנִּים, כְּנֶגֶד רָחְבָּן שֶׁל נְסָרִים גְּדוֹלִים שֶׁנָּתַן תְּחִלָּה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**There were three rows of windows.** He also made another covering near the three rows of boards and the three rows of lintels,³ because the width of fifteen boards did not cover the house in its entire length which was one hundred *amohs*. And he made near it to cover the house, a covering of small boards placed on small beams which were left (should read “placed”) from one row of [the long] cut beams to the other, three small beams one next to (should read “at the end of”) the other, and lintels on both their sides, similar to a lintel against which the door strikes. And on those lintels the ends of the small boards were placed, the length of the small boards opposite the width of the larger boards which he installed first.

footnotes:
³ According to Rashi שקפים are lintels. But Radak’s opinion is that שקפים were look-out windows, as in 6:4 above.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:4:2
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**וּמֶחֱזָה אֶל מֶחֱזָה.** רָאשֵׁי נְסָרִים שֶׁל שָׁקוּף זֶה, לְמוּל (רָאשֵׁי) נְסָרִים שֶׁל (שָׁקוּף) זֶה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And each window faced the other window.** The ends of the boards of this lintel were opposite (the ends of) the boards of this one (lintel).


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:4:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:4:3)

**מֶחֱזָה.** לְשׁוֹן קָצֶה, וּמְנַחֵם כֵּן פּוֹתְרוֹ, וַחֲבֵרוֹ: אֶל מְחוֹז חֶפְצָם, וְכָל חָזִית שֶׁבִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה, כָּךְ הוּא בְּסֵדֶר מַעֲרֶכֶת הַתָּמִיד; וְכֵן הוּא עוֹשֶׂה (חָזִית) מִבַּחוּץ, בְּפֶרֶק הַשֻּׁתָּפִין בְּבָבָא בַתְרָא. וְיוֹנָתָן אַף הוּא תִּרְגְּמוֹ: זְוֵי לָקֳבֵל זְוֵי. אֲבָל 'שְׁקֻפִים אֲטֻמִים'; וְכֵן: רְבֻעִים שָׁקֶף, כֻּלָּם תִּרְגֵּם: כְּלוֹנְסָא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Window.** An expression of “an edge,” and so did Menachem interpret it and he related it to, “to their desired boundary [מחוז],”⁴ and every “חזית” in the language of the Mishnah is thus, [as] in the order of arranging the daily sacrifice,⁵ and also “he should made (a ledge) from the outside,” in the chapter of “The Partners” in [Maseches] Bava Basra.⁶ [Targum] Yonoson also, rendered this, “a projection opposite a projection,” but “שקופים אטומים”⁷ and likewise, “רבועים שקף,”⁸ he translated them all “beams.”

footnotes:
⁴ Tehillim 107:30.
⁵ See Mishnayos Tamid 2:4.
⁶ 2a.
⁷ Above 6:4.
⁸ Below v. 5.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:5:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:5:1)

**וְכָל הַפְּתָחִים וְהַמְּזוּזֹת.** שֶׁסְּתָם מִקִּירַת מְלָכִים עָשׂוּי פְּתָחִים פְּתָחִים, מִפְּנֵי הָאֲוִיר, וּלְכָךְ קְרָאוֹ בֵּית יַעַר, שֶׁדּוֹמֶה לְיַעַר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And all the entrances and doorposts.** Because, generally, a king’s [summer] home is made with many entrances because of the air, and it was therefore called “a forest house” because it was like a forest.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:5:2
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**רְבֻעִים שָׁקֶף.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: מְרַבְּעִין וַחֲפָן כְּלֵנְסָא. וּמְחֻפִּין הָיוּ הַפְּתָחִים בִּנְסָרִים דַּקִּין רִבּוּעִין הָיוּ כִּשְׁאָר פִּתְחֵי בָּתִּים, וְלֹא עֲשׂוּיִין כִּפָּה כְּעֵין פִּתְחֵי אוּלָם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Were square as was the window.** [Targum] Yonoson translated, “square and covered the beams,” [i.e.,] the entrances were covered with thin boards, that were square as other entrances of houses, and they were not made with a curved arch similar to the entrances of a great hall.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:5:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:5:3)

**וּמוּל מֶחֱזָה.** וּמוּל שֶׁל מֶחֱזָה, מֵסֵב לִקְרַאת מֶחֱזָה הָאַחֶרֶת, רֹאשׁ הַנֶּסֶר לִקְרַאת רֹאשׁ הַנֶּסֶר, שָׁלשׁ פְּעָמִים בְּכָל תִּקְרָה וְתִקְרָה, וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ הַאֵיךְ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And each window faced [the other window].** And the front of one edge was installed facing the other edge. The top of the board was towards the top of the other board, three times for each beam, but I do not know how.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:6:1
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**וְאֵת אוּלָם הָעַמּוּדִים.** אוּלָם עָשָׂה לִפְנֵי הָעַמּוּדִים הָאֵלֶּה, מָבוֹא לַבַּיִת, חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה אָרְכּוֹ, לְרָחְבּוֹ שֶׁל בַּיִת שֶׁהָיָה חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה, וּשְׁלשִׁים רָחְבּוֹ לִפְנֵי אֹרֶךְ מֶשֶׁךְ הַבַּיִת, אֶלָּא שֶׁלְּעוֹלָם הַמִּדָּה יְתֵרָה קְרוּיָה אֹרֶךְ, וְהַקְּצָרָה קְרוּיָה רֹחַב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**An entrance hall of columns.** He made an entrance before these columns as an entrance to the house. Its length was fifty *amohs* along the width of the house, which was fifty *amohs*, and thirty *amohs* its width before the extent of the length of the house, only that the longer measurement is always called the length and the shorter one is called the width.⁹

footnotes:
⁹ I.e., “length” and “width” are relative to the structure being described. See Rashi 6:3 above.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:6:2
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**וְאוּלָם עַל פְּנֵיהֶם.** אוּלָם גָּבוֹהַּ עָשָׂה עַל כָּל הַבַּיִת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**There was [another] entrance hall above them.** He made a high entrance [around] the entire house.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:6:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:6:3)

**וְעַמֻּדִים וְעָב עַל פְּנֵיהֶם.** וְעַל כְּרוּתוֹת אֲרָזִים שֶׁעַל הָעַמּוּדִים הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים, הִצִּיב עַל (צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר: עוֹד) עַמּוּדִים אֲחֵרִים, וּמְרִישִׁין מֵעַמּוּד לְעַמּוּד, הָעַמּוּדִים לֶאֱרֹג בָּהֶן צְלָעוֹת מִזֶּה לָזֶה, וְהֶעָבִים לְקֵרוּי הָעֲלִיָּה, עָב הִיא מֵרֵישׁ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ וְהֶעָבִים אֵלּוּ הַמְּרִישִׁין.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And columns and support beams upon them.** And on the cut beams of cedar which were on the lower columns he erected on (should read “additional”) columns and beams from column to column, the columns to connect boards from one to another, and the beams for the ceiling. “עב” is a beam [=מריש], as we learned, “And the עבים, these are the beams.”¹⁰

footnotes:
¹⁰ Maseches Bava Kamma 67a.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:7:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:7:1)

**וְאוּלָם הַכִּסֵּא.** (תַּרְגּוּם:) וְאוּלָמָא לְאַתְקָנָא תַּמָּן כּוּרְסִי בֵּית דִּינָא דְּדָאִין תַּמָּן פְּרוֹסְדָא לְבֵית דִּינָא עָבִיד, פְּרוֹסְדָא לְשׁוֹן פְּרוֹזְדוֹר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And an entrance hall for the throne.** [Targum Yonoson rendered,] “And an entrance hall to set the throne of judgment to judge there, he made a vestibule [פרוסדא] for the house of judgment.”¹¹ פרוסדא¹² is an expression meaning “vestibule.”

footnotes:
¹¹ According to Rashi who quotes Targum Yonoson, there were two areas set aside, one for the throne of judgment and another for the house of judgment. Alternatively, they are one and the same.—Radak.
¹² In Mishnayos Avos 4:21 “פרוזדור” is defined as “vestibule.”


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:7:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:7:2)

**וְסָפוּן בָּאֶרֶז.** מְחֻפֶּה קַרְקַע הָרִצְפָּה בַּאֲרָזִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He covered the floor with cedar.** The earthen floor was covered with cedar.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:7:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:7:3)

**מֵהַקַּרְקַע.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: מִן אוּשַׁיָּא עַד אוּשַׁיָּא. מִיסוֹד כֹּתֶל זֶה, וְעַד יְסוֹד כֹּתֶל זֶה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**From one side of the foundation.** [Targum] Yonoson rendered “from foundation to foundation,”¹³ from the base of this wall to the base of the other wall.

footnotes:
¹³ קרקע generally means “ground” or floor.”


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:8:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:8:1)

**וּבֵיתוֹ אֲשֶׁר יֵשֶׁב שָׁם.** דִּירָה גְמוּרָה, לֶאֱכֹל שָׁם וְלִשְׁכַּב שָׁם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**His house where he dwelt.** A complete residence to eat and sleep there.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:8:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:8:2)

**מִבֵּית לָאוּלָם.** לְפָנִים מִן אוּלָם שֶׁל בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֹן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**From within the entrance hall.** Inward from the entrance hall of the house of the Forest of Lebanon.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:8:3
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**וּבַיִת יַעֲשֶׂה.** עָלָה בְּלִבּוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת בַּיִת לְבַת פַּרְעֹה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the house which he intended to build.** He planned to make a house for Pharaoh’s daughter.¹⁴

footnotes:
¹⁴ Alternatively, Shlomo actually constructed a house for Pharaoh’s daughter.—Targum


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:8:4
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**כָּאוּלָם הַזֶּה.** כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוּלָם הַזֶּה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Like this entrance hall.** Like the work of this entrance hall.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:9:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:9:1)

**כָּל אֵלֶּה אֲבָנִים יְקָרֹת.** כָּל הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה עֲשׂוּיוֹת כְּבֵדוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**All these [structures] were of heavy stones.** All these stones were made heavy.¹⁵

footnotes:
¹⁵ Alternatively, “precious stones.”—Targum.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:9:2
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**כְּמִדּוֹת גָּזִית.** כְּמִדַּת אַבְנֵי גָזִית, מִדָּה אַחַת הָיְתָה לְאַבְנֵי גָזִית בַּמְּדִינָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**According to the dimensions of standard cut stones.** According to the measures of cut stone, [i.e.,] theyhad one [standard] size for cut stone [for buildings] in that country,


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:9:3
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**וּמִמַּסָּד עַד הַטְּפָחוֹת.** בַּגֹּבַהּ הָיָה הַבִּנְיָן הַזֶּה עָשׂוּי בְּאַבְנֵי גָזִית הָאֵלֶּה, מִן הַיְסוֹד עַד שְׁמֵי הַקּוֹרָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**From the foundation to the ceiling.** This building in height was made of these cut stones from the foundation until the highest beam.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:9:4
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**וּמִמַּסָּד.** לְשׁוֹן יְסוֹד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**From the foundation.** [ממסד is] an expression [meaning] foundation [=יסוד].


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:9:5
[Rashi on I Kings 7:9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:9:5)

**הַטְּפָחוֹת.** שְׁמֵי קוֹרָה, כְּמוֹ: וִימִינִי טִפְּחָה שָׁמָיִם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The ceiling.** The highest beam, as in, “My right hand had spanned [טפחה] the heavens.”¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁶ Yehsayahu 48:13.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:9:6
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**וּמִחוּץ.** לְצַד הַחוּץ הָיָה כָּל מֶשֶׁךְ הַקִּירוֹת בָּאֲבָנִים הַלָּלוּ, עַד הֶחָצֵר הַגְּדוֹלָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And from the outside.** On the outside, the entire length of the walls until the great court, were of these stones.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:10:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:10:1)

**וּמְיֻסָּד וְגוֹ' אֲבָנִים גְּדוֹלוֹת.** וְהַיְסוֹד שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַקַּרְקַע, הָיָה שֶׁל אֲבָנִים גְּדוֹלוֹת יוֹתֵר מִמִּדּוֹת גָּזִית.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The foundation was, etc., [of] huge stones.** And the foundation which was in the ground was of stones greater than the [standard] size of cut [stones].


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:11:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:11:1)

**וּמִלְּמַעְלָה אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת.** וּמִלְּמַעְלָה לַיְסוֹדוֹת הָיוּ אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת עַד הַטְּפָחוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמוּר לְמַעְלָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And above it were precious stones.** And above the stones used for the foundation were precious stones, until the ceiling as he mentioned above.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:11:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:11:2)

**וָאָרֶז.** (תרגום:) וַחֲפֵי נִסְרִין דְּאַרְזָא, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר: וְסָפֻן בָּאֶרֶז.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And cedars.** [Targum Yonoson rendered,] “And he covered with boards of cedar,” as it is stated, “and he covered the floor with cedar.”¹⁷

footnotes:
¹⁷ Above 7:7.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:12:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:12:1)

**שְׁלשָׁה טוּרִים גָּזִית.** הַחוֹמָה עֲשׂוּיָה שְׁלשָׁה נִדְבָּכִין שֶׁל אֲבָנִים, וְנִדְבָּךְ שֶׁל עֵץ עֲלֵיהֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Three rows of cut stones.** The wall was made of three tiers of stone and a tier of wood on them.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:14:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:14:1)

**חֹרֵשׁ.** אָמָּן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A coppersmith.** A craftsman.¹⁸

footnotes:
¹⁸ I.e., an expert in his trade, in the works of copper. The Chirom mentioned here is not King Chirom mentioned earlier [above 5:15].


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:14:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:14:2)

**וַיִּמָּלֵא אֶת הַחָכְמָה וְאֶת הַתְּבוּנָה וְאֶת הַדַּעַת.** שְׁלשָׁה כְּלֵי אָמָּנוּת שֶׁהָעוֹלָם נִבְרָא בָּהֶן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: בְּחָכְמָה יָסַד אָרֶץ, כּוֹנֵן שָׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָה, בְּדַעְתּוֹ תְּהוֹמוֹת נִבְקָעוּ, בִּשְׁלָשְׁתָּן נִבְנָה הַבַּיִת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He was filled with the wisdom and understanding and the knowledge [skill].** The three tools¹⁹ with which the universe was created, as it is stated, “By wisdom He founded the earth, by understanding He established the heavens, by His knowledge the depths were broken up.”²⁰ The Beis [Hamikdosh] was built with these three.

footnotes:
¹⁹ These three qualities, wisdom, understanding and skill are the same three qualities that Betzalel, the builder of the Mishkon, possessed. See Shemos 31:3.
²⁰ Mishlei 3:19— 20.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:15:1
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**אֶת שְׁנֵי הָעַמּוּדִים.** שֶׁהֶעֱמִיד בָּאוּלָם יָכִין וּבֹעַז.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The two columns.** Which he placed at the entrance hall,²¹ Yachin and Bo’az.

footnotes:
²¹ He placed them at the entrance to the Temple’s hall. See v. 21 below.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:15:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:15:2)

**שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה קוֹמַת וְגוֹ'.** וּבְדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים הוּא אוֹמֵר: שְׁלשִׁים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמָּה קוֹמָתָן, שֶׁיָּצַק שְׁנֵיהֶם כְּאֶחָד, וְהָאַמָּה הַחֲסֵרָה, אוֹמֵר אֲנִי, חֲצִי אַמָּה הָיְתָה לְכָל אֶחָד בְּרֹאשׁוֹ, שֶׁאֵינָהּ דּוֹמָה לִמְלֶאכֶת שְׁאָר הָעַמּוּד, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמוּר לְמַטָּה בְּעִנְיַן: וְעַל רֹאשׁ הָעַמּוּדִים מַעֲשֵׂה שׁוֹשָׁן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Eighteen *amohs* was the height, etc.** And in Divrei Hayomim it states, “[their height was] thirty-five *amohs*.”²² that is stated in Divrei Hayomim refers to the *length* of the column as it lays on the ground; once it is erected it is called *height.* He cast both as one, and the one *amoh* which was missing,²³, and the 18 *amohs* stated here is an approximation.—Ralbag. Or, the additional *amoh* was a result of hammering the column. I say, that at the top of each column there was a one half *amoh* which was not similar to the work of the rest of the column, as it is further stated regarding this subject, “the top of the columns was designed like lilies.”²⁴

footnotes:
²² II Divrei Hayomim 3:15. Radak further explains that the 35 amohs
²³ Alternatively, each column was actually 17.5 amohs
²⁴ Below v. 22.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:15:3
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**וְחוּט שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה יָסֹב אֶת הָעַמּוּד הַשֵּׁנִי.** לִמֵּד שֶׁהָיָה אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת עַל אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת עָגֹל, שֶׁכָּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּהֶקֵּפוֹ שְׁלשָׁה טְפָחִים, יֵשׁ בּוֹ רֹחַב טֶפַח, וְעָבְיוֹ אַרְבַּע אֶצְבָּעוֹת, וְהוּא חָלוּל, כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּסוֹף סֵפֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ. וַהֲרֵי זֶה מִקְרָא קָצָר, פֵּרֵשׁ אָרְכּוֹ שֶׁל אֶחָד, וְיִלְמַד הַשֵּׁנִי מִמֶּנּוּ, וּפֵרֵשׁ הֶקֵּפוֹ שֶׁל שֵׁנִי, וְיִלְמַד מִמֶּנּוּ הָרִאשׁוֹן. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: וְחוּט מְשַׁח תַּרְתֵּין עַסְרֵי אַמִּין מַקִּיף לֵהּ, וְכֵן לְעַמּוּדָא תִּנְיָנָא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And a line of twelve *amohs* was the circumference of the second [each] column.** This teaches [us] that it was four *amohs* by four *amohs* in diameter, because every circumference of three hand-breadths has a diameter of one hand-breadth. And its thickness was four fingers and it was hollow; thus is this explained at the end of the book of Yirmiyahu.²⁵ And this is an abbreviated verse, he disclosed the length of one [column] and the length of the second [column] can be learned from it, and he disclosed the circumference of the second [column], and the first [column] can be learned from it. And Targum Yonoson, also, rendered, “and a strung line of twelve *amohs* did compass it, and so the other column.”

footnotes:
²⁵ Yirmiyahu 52:21.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:16:1
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**וּשְׁתֵּי כֹתָרֹת.** פומייל"ש בְּלַעַ"ז (כַּפְתּוֹרִים).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Two crown shapes.** *Pomels*, in O. F.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:16:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:16:2)

**מֻצַק.** טרישגיטי"ר בְּלַעַ"ז (יָצוּק).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Cast.** *Tresjited*, in O.F.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:16:3
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**חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת קוֹמַת הַכֹּתֶרֶת הָאֶחָת.** וּבְסוֹף הַסֵּפֶר הוּא אוֹמֵר: שָׁלשׁ אַמּוֹת, שָׁנִינוּ בַּמִּשְׁנָה אַרְבָּעִים וְתֵשַׁע מִדּוֹת: שְׁתֵּי אַמּוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת שֶׁל כּוֹתָרוֹת הָיוּ שָׁווֹת לָעַמּוּד, שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ בָּהֶן צוּרָה, וְשָׁלשׁ הָעֶלְיוֹנוֹת הָיוּ עוֹדְפוֹת לַחוּץ, הַמֻּקָּפוֹת צוּרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: שְׂבָכִים מַעֲשֵׂה שְׂבָכָה, כְּמִין לוּלָבִין שֶׁל דֶּקֶל הָיוּ מֻקָּפוֹת. וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי, שֶׁלֹּא מָנָה אוֹתָן שְׁתֵּי אַמּוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת בְּסוֹף הַסֵּפֶר, לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ שָׁווֹת לָעַמּוּד, וְהָעַמּוּד תָּחוּב בְּכוֹתֶרֶת שְׁתֵּי אַמּוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**One crown was five *amohs* high.** And at the end of the book it states, “three *amohs*.” We learned in the Mishnah of “Forty-nine Measurements,” that the two lower *amohs* of the crowns were similar to the column because there were no designs in them, and the three upper [*amohs*] that extended beyond, were surrounded with designs, as it is stated, “branches designed like net [mesh] work,”²⁶ by the likes of the branches of a palm tree they were surrounded But I say, that the two lower *amohs* were not counted at the end of the book [of Melachim] because they were similar to the column and the column were inserted into the crown two *amohs*.

footnotes:
²⁶ Below v. 17.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:17:1
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**שְׂבָכִים מַעֲשֵׂה שְׂבָכָה.** הַשְּׂבָכוֹת שֶׁהָיָה לָהֶם, דּוֹמֶה כְּמִין כִּפָּה, שֶׁקּוֹרִין קויפ"א.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Branches designed like net [mesh] work.** The nets which they had were similar to a type of head covering which is called *cofea* [in O.F.].


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:17:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:17:2)

**מַעֲשֵׂה שְׂבָכָה.** מֻקָּפוֹת הָיוּ צוּרוֹת שֶׁל לוּלָבֵי דֶּקֶל, כְּמוֹ: וְעַל שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּךְ, וּגְדִילִים הָיוּ לָהֶם כְּמַעֲשֵׂה שַׁרְשְׁרָאוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Net [mesh] work.** They were encircled by forms of branches of a palm tree, as in, “and he walks upon a snare [שבכה],”²⁷ and the branches were [designed] like chain work.

footnotes:
²⁷ Iyov 18:8.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:17:3
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**שִׁבְעָה לַכֹּתֶרֶת הָאֶחָת.** שִׁבְעָה לוּלָבִין הָיָה לְהֶקֵּף אֶחָד לִשְׂבָכָה אַחַת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Seven [of these] were for the one crown.** There were seven branches in each encircling design for each net [mesh] work.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:18:1
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**וּשְׁנֵי טוּרִים.** שֶׁל רִמּוֹנִים וְשֶׁל נְחשֶׁת, הָרִמּוֹנִים תְּחוּבִים בְּשַׁרְשְׁרוֹת הַמַּקִּיפוֹת אֶת הַכּוֹתֶרֶת, כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים, וּבְמִשְׁנַת אַרְבָּעִים וְתֵשַׁע מִדּוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And two rows.** Of pomegranates and of copper; the pomegranates were inserted into the chain [work] which encircled the crowns, thus is this explained in Divrei Hayomim²⁸ and in the Mishnah of “Forty-Nine Measurements.”

footnotes:
²⁸ See II Divrei Hayomim 3:16.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:18:2
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**לְכַסּוֹת אֶת הַכֹּתֶרֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל רֹאשׁ הָרִמֹּנִים.** הֲרֵי זֶה מִקְרָא מְסֹרָס, לְכַסּוֹת הָרִמּוֹנִים אֶת הַכּוֹתָרוֹת אֲשֶׁר עַל הָרֹאשׁ, וְכֵן הָיוּ הַכּוֹתָרוֹת עֲשׂוּיוֹת לְפִי סֵדֶר מַשְׁמָעוּת הַמִּקְרָאוֹת: כְּמִין שְׁנֵי אַגָּנִים הָיְתָה כָּל אַחַת, אַגַּן הַתַּחְתּוֹן בֵּית קִבּוּלָהּ לְמַעְלָה, וְהוּא קָרוּי 'גֻּלָּה', כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמוּר בָּעִנְיָן: וְגֻלֹּת הַכּוֹתָרוֹת, וְתִרְגְּמוֹ יוֹנָתָן: אַגָּנֵי קְרוֹנְתְּוָן. הָעֶלְיוֹן כָּפוּי עַל הַתַּחְתּוֹן, בֵּית קִבּוּלוֹ לְמַטָּה, וְהִיא קְרוּיָה 'שְׂבָכָה' כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּעִנְיָן זֶה: וְהַשְּׂבָכוֹת שְׁתַּיִם לְכַסּוֹת אֶת שְׁתֵּי גֻלֹּת הַכּוֹתָרוֹת. נִמְצָא רְחָבָה בְּמָקוֹם הַדָּבֵק, וּמְשֻׁפַּעַת וְעוֹלָה, וּמְשֻׁפַּעַת וְיוֹרֶדֶת, וְהוּא קָרוּי בֶּטֶן. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן מִלְּעֻמַּת הַבֶּטֶן, מִלָּקֳבֵל דִּבְקָא. וְגֹבַהּ שְׁתֵּי הָאַגָּנוֹת הָאֵלֶּה אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת, וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר: וּמַעֲשֵׂה שׁוֹשָׁן בָּאוּלָם אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת. מְצֻיָּרוֹת הָיוּ בָּם כְּמִין פִּרְחֵי שׁוֹשַׁנִּים, כְּדֶרֶךְ הַצִּיּוּרִין בְּכֹתֶל הָאוּלָמוֹת, אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת גֹּבַהּ, וְהָאַמָּה הַחֲמִישִׁית, הִיא כּוֹתֶרֶת קְטַנָּה לְמַעְלָה מִן הַגְּדוֹלָה, הוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְכוֹתֶרֶת עַל שְׁנֵי הָעַמּוּדִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To cover the crowns that were on top of the pomegranates.** [The text of] this verse is in a disarranged order.²⁹ [It means,] “the pomegranates should cover the crowns which were on the top.” And thus were the crowns made according to the order of the apparent meaning of the verses; each one was in the form of two bowls. The receptacle of the lower bowl was facing upward and it is called גולה [=a bowl], as it is stated about this subject, “וגולת הכותרות,”³⁰ and [Targum] Yonoson rendered this, “and the bowls of the crowns.” The upper [bowl] was inverted on the lower one, its receptacle was [facing] downward, and it was called שבכה [=net or mesh] work, as it is stated regarding this subject, “[also] two net [mesh] works to cover the two bowls of the crowns.”³¹ The result being that it is wide in the place where it is connected, and it narrows going upward and it narrows going downward, and this is called “a stomach,” and thus [Targum] Yonoson rendered מעלות הבטן,³² “against the place of attachment.” And the height of these two bowls was four *amohs*,³³ and this is what he stated, “in the entrance hall were made like lilies, four *amohs*.” These were decorated inside with flowers of lilies, in the same design of the decorations which were on the wall of the entrance halls; four *amohs* high, and the fifth *amoh* was a small crown above the big one. This is what was stated, “And there were also crowns above on the two columns.”³⁴

footnotes:
²⁹ Alternatively, the verse can be explained according to its literal translation. The crowns were on the columns and the pomegranates were on the crowns. There were also other crowns which were on the pomegranates.—Radak. Or, the pomegranates were located on the lower bowl of the crown and the word על means “near” rather than “on top of.”
³⁰ Below v. 41.
³¹ Ibid.
³² Below v. 20.
³³ See below v. 19.
³⁴ Below v. 20.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:20:1
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**גַּם מִמַּעַל מִלְּעֻמַּת הַבֶּטֶן.** שֶׁהוּא לְעֵבֶר הַשְּׂבָכָה, בְּסוֹף הַשְּׂבָכָה בְּשׁוּלֶיהָ, הוּא בָּאֶמְצַע בִּמְקוֹם הַדֶּבֶק (שֶׁעַל הַשְּׂבָכָה) (צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר: שֶׁהַשְּׂבָכָה) מְדֻבֶּקֶת בַּגֻּלָּה אֲשֶׁר תַּחְתֶּיהָ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Above [on the two columns] opposite the belly.** Which is beyond the net [mesh] work at the end of the net [mesh] work, at its rim, that is at the middle, at the place where it is connected, (upon the upper net [mesh] work) (The proper text: Because the net [mesh] work) is attached to the bowl which is beneath it.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:20:2
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**וְהָרִמּוֹנִים מָאתַיִם.** רִמּוֹנִים עֲשׂוּיִין שְׁתֵּי טוּרִים סָבִיב, מְחֹרָזִים בְּשַׁלְשֶׁלֶת, וּמַקִּיפִין אֶת הַשְּׂבָכָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And two hundred pomegranates.** Pomegranates made in two rows around, strung together on a chain and encircling the net [mesh] work.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:20:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:20:3)

**עַל הַכֹּתֶרֶת הַשֵּׁנִית.** אַף זֶה מִקְרָא קָצָר, עַל הָאַחַת, וְכֵן עַל הַשְּׁנִיָּה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**On each crown.** This, too, is an abbreviated sentence, meaning, “On the one [crown], and likewise, on the second.”³⁵

footnotes:
³⁵ Each crown had a chain of 200 pomegranates encircling it.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:22:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:22:1)

**וְעַל רֹאשׁ הָעַמּוּדִים מַעֲשֵׂה שׁוֹשָן.** חֲצִי אַמָּה בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל אֶחָד הָיָה כָּתְלוֹ דַּק כְּשׁוֹשָׁן, וּשְׁאָר הָעַמּוּד עָבְיוֹ אַרְבַּע אֶצְבָּעוֹת נָבוּב, לְכָךְ לֹא נִמְנֵית אוֹתָהּ אַמָּה בִּיצִיקַת הָעַמּוּדִים בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה שָׁוָה לִמְלֶאכֶת הָעַמּוּד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The top of the columns was designed like lilies.** A half *amoh* at the top of each column each one’s wall was as thin as a lily, and for the rest of the column its thickness was four fingers [and it was] hollow.³⁶ Therefore, this *amoh* was not counted in [the description] of the pouring [of the copper] for the columns in Divrei Hayomim because it was not similar to the work [of the rest] of the columns.

footnotes:
³⁶ Alternatively, the lily work was not part of the pillar, but was attached to it after the pillar had been installed.—Metzudas Dovid.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:23:1
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**עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה מִשְּׂפָתוֹ עַד שְׂפָתוֹ.** בְּאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ, שֶׁכָּל רֹחַב כְּלִי עָגֹל, בְּאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ הוּא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Ten *amohs* from rim to rim.** Through the middle, because the diameter of every round object is through the middle.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:23:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:23:2)

**וְקָו שְׁלשִׁים בָּאַמָּה.** זֶהוּ שֶׁאָמְרוּ: כָּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּהֶקֵּפוֹ שְׁלשָׁה טְפָחִים יֵשׁ בּוֹ רֹחַב טֶפַח, הֶקֵּפוֹ שְׁלשִׁים, וְרָחְבּוֹ עֶשֶׂר, וּמִתּוֹכוֹ הוּא מוֹדֵד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And a line of thirty *amohs* [the circumference].** This is what was mentioned, “All that have three handbreadth in its circumference have one handbreadth in its diameter.” Its circumference was thirty [*amohs*] and its diameter ten [*amohs*],³⁷ is a rounded off number. A diameter of ten *amohs* results in a circumference of approximately 31.4 *amohs*. and he measures from its midst. In [Maseches] Eruvin.³⁸

footnotes:
³⁷ The diameter of 10 amohs
³⁸ See Maseches Eruvin 14a.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:23:3
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**קוֹמָתוֹ.** עָמְקוֹ, וּבְדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים הוּא אוֹמֵר, שֶׁעֲשָׂאוֹ לִרְחִיצַת הַכֹּהֲנִים לִטְבֹּל בְּתוֹכוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**High.** Its depth; and in Divrei Hayomim it states that he made it for the *Kohanim* to bathe and to immerse in.³⁹

footnotes:
³⁹ See II Divrei Hayomim 4:6. Ralbag explains that in order to avoid the problem of מים שאובין [=drawn water] it was connected at its base to natural water that flowed into it from an underground source. The water from the underground wells flowed through the hollow feet of the oxen.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:24:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:24:1)

**וּפְקָעִים.** וְצוּרַת בֵּיעִין, תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Knobs.** [Targum] Yonoson rendered וצורת ביעין [and the form of eggs].


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:24:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:24:2)

**מִתַּחַת לִשְׂפָתוֹ.** בְּשָׁלשׁ אַמּוֹת תַּחְתּוֹנוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ מְרֻבָּעוֹת, שֶׁכָּךְ שָׁנִינוּ בַּגְּמָרָא דְּעֵרוּבִין: שָׁלשׁ תַּחְתּוֹנוֹת מְרֻבָּעוֹת, וּשְׁתַּיִם עֶלְיוֹנוֹת עֲגֻלּוֹת, וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹ לְהָכִיל אַלְפַּיִם בַּת שֶׁהֵם מֵאָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים מִקְוֵה טָהֳרָה אַרְבָּעִים, אֶלָּא בְּעִנְיָן זֶה כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּעֵרוּבִין, עֶלְיוֹנוֹת מְרֻבָּעוֹת וְהַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת עֲגֻלּוֹת, אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר, דְּכִי כְּתִיב שְׂפָתוֹ עָגֹל סָבִיב, לְכָךְ הוּא אוֹמֵר בַּפְּקָעִים הַלָּלוּ עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה מַקִּיפִין אֶת הַיָּם סָבִיב, שֶׁבִּמְקוֹם רִבּוּעוֹ (הֶקֵּפוֹ) אַרְבָּעִים אַמָּה, עֶשֶׂר אַמָּה לְכָל רוּחַ, אֲבָל בִּמְקוֹם עִגּוּלוֹ אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה סָבִיב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Beneath its rim.** [The knobs were located] in the lower three *amohs* which were square, for so did we learn in the Gemara in Maseches Eruvin, “The three lower ones were square and the two upper ones were round.”⁴⁰ It is impossible for one to contain two thousand *bas* which equal one hundred and fifty ritual baths of purity of forty [*bas*], except in this manner as explained by our Rabbis in [Maseches] Eruvin. The upper ones were square and the lower ones round, it is impossible to say for it is written, that its rim was “circular all around.”⁴¹ He, therefore, says regarding these knobs, “for ten *amohs* compassing the sea round about,” because in the place that it was square, [a perimeter of] forty *amohs* has ten *amohs* on each side, but in the place that it is round it is impossible to say it has ten *amohs* [on each side] around.

footnotes:
⁴⁰ See Maseches Eruvin 14b.
⁴¹ Above v. 23.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:24:3
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**שְׁנֵי טוּרִים הַפְּקָעִים יְצֻקִים בִּיצֻקָתוֹ.** הַכֹּל מוּצָק יַחַד, לֹא שֶׁחִבֵּר לוֹ אֶת הַפְּקָעִים אַחַר יְצִיקָתָן עַל יְדֵי מַסְמֵרוֹת אוֹ עַל יְדֵי דֶּבֶק, שֶׁקּוֹרִין שולדר"א בְּלַעַ"ז (הַלְחָמָה, רִתּוּךְ).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The knobs were in two rows, cast together with it.** Everything was poured together, [and] not that he attached the knobs to it after they had been poured, through nails or through soldering which is called *soudure*, in O.F.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:25:1
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**וְכָל אֲחֹרֵיהֶם.** שֶׁל בְּקָרִים הַלָּלוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And all their hind parts.** Of these oxen.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:25:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:25:2)

**בָּיְתָה.** אֶל תַּחַת הַיָּם הָיוּ אֲחוֹרֵיהֶם פּוֹנִים, [שְׁלשָׁה] (שְׁנַיִם) שֶׁבַּצָּפוֹן לִקְרַאת שֶׁבַּדָּרוֹם, וְשֶׁל מִזְרָח כְּנֶגֶד שֶׁל מַעֲרָב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Were inward.** Their hind parts were facing towards the bottom of the sea, the [three] (two) which were in the north towards [those in] the south, and [those in] the east towards those in the west.⁴²

footnotes:
⁴² The water flowed out of the mouth of the oxen.—Ralbag.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:26:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:26:1)

**וְעָבְיוֹ טֶפַח.** שׁוּלָיו וּדְפָנוֹתָיו, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵצֶל פִּיו הָיָה דַּק וּמְרֻקָּע וּמְרֻדָּד, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה שְׂפַת כּוֹס שֶׁשּׁוֹתִין בּוֹ, וּמְצֻיָּר פֶּרַח וְשׁוֹשָׁן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And its thickness was a handbreadth.** Its bottom and its walls, except that at its edge it was thin and beaten out and hammered, like the rim of a cup which we drink from, and it is decorated with flowers and lilies.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:26:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:26:2)

**אַלְפַּיִם בַּת.** שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים סְאִים, שֶׁהַבַּת שָׁלשׁ סְאִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: הָאֵיפָה וְהַבַּת תֹכֶן אֶחָד לָהֶם. נִמְצְאוּ חֲמִשִּׁים וּמֵאָה מִקְוֵה טָהֳרָה, הָאַרְבָּעִים מֵאוֹת, מֵאָה מִקְוָאוֹת, וְהָעֶשְׂרִים מֵאוֹת, חֲמִשִּׁים מִקְוָאוֹת. וְאַף כְּשֶׁתְּחַלֵּק הַכֹּל לְפִי מִדָּה שֶׁשִּׁעֲרוּ חֲכָמִים אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה בְּרוּם שָׁלשׁ אַמּוֹת לַמִּקְוֶה, תִּמְצֶאנָה כֵּן, שָׁלשׁ אַמּוֹת מְרֻבָּעוֹת, מֵאָה מִקְוָאוֹת, וּשְׁתַּיִם הָעֲגֻלּוֹת, חֲמִשִּׁים מִקְוָאוֹת, שֶׁהַמְּרֻבָּע יָתֵר עַל הָעִגּוּל רְבִיעִית. וּבְדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים כְּתִיב: בַּתִּים שְׁלשֶׁת אֲלָפִים יָכִיל, וּפִירְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּמִדַּת הַיָּבֵשׁ, שֶׁהַגֹּדֶשׁ הָיָה שְׁלִישׁ בְּבֵית הַקִּבּוּל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Two thousand *bas*.** [The equivalent of] six thousand *se’ah*, for a בת is equal to three *se’ah*, as it is stated, “The איפה and the בת [should] have one measurement.”⁴³ Thus, [six thousand *se’ah*] are found to be one hundred fifty ritual baths of purity; four thousand *se’ah* for one hundred ritual baths, and the two thousand [*se’ah*] for fifty ritual baths.⁴⁴ And even were you to divide everything according to the measurement by which the Sages measured, an *amoh* squared by three *amohs* high for each ritual bath, you will find it to be the same [as follows]: [The lower part of the sea was] three *amohs* high [by one hundred square *amohs*] equaling one hundred ritual baths. The [upper part of the sea was] two [*amohs* high and] round [with a diameter of ten *amohs* and contained sufficient water for] fifty ritual baths, because the square is greater than the circle by one quarter. [And in Divrei Hayomim] it is written, “it capacity was three thousand *bas*.”⁴⁵ Our Rabbis explained it refers to a dry measure, since the overflow was one third of the capacity of the receptacle.⁴⁶

footnotes:
⁴³ Yechezkeil 45:11.
⁴⁴ See Maseches Eruvin 14b.
⁴⁵ II Divrei Hayomim 4:5.
⁴⁶ See Maseches Eruvin 14b. The Gemara explains that the heap that is above the top is half the volume within the container, i.e., 2000 liquid measures =3000 dry measures.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:27:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:27:1)

**וְשָׁלשׁ בָּאַמָּה קוֹמָתָהּ.** שֶׁל מְכוֹנָה, לְבַד קוֹמַת הָאוֹפַן (פֵּרוּשׁ: חוּץ מִן הַכַּן גּוּפָהּ) שֶׁהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת עָלָיו, אַמָּה וַחֲצִי אַמָּה, וְגֹבַהּ הַמְּכוֹנָה אַמָּה וָחֵצִי (אַרְבַּע בָּאַמָּה אֹרֶךְ וְגוֹ') הָאַמָּה גֹּבַהּ הָיְתָה מְרֻבַּעַת, אֲבָל חֲצִי הָאַמָּה הָיְתָה עֲגֻלָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וּבְרֹאשׁ הַמְּכוֹנָה חֲצִי הָאַמָּה קוֹמָה עָגֹל סָבִיב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And three *amohs* was its height.** The height of the base excluding the height of the wheel (meaning: excluding the base [=כן] itself; יד האופן is the wheel) upon which it rests was an *amoh* and a half, and the height of the base was an *amoh* and a half. (Four *amohs* was the length, etc.) The *amoh* of the height was square but the half *amoh* was round, as it is stated, “At the top of the base [was a frame] half an *amoh* high circular all around.”⁴⁷

footnotes:
⁴⁷ Below v. 35.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:28:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:28:1)

**מִסְגְּרֹת לָהֶם.** רָאִיתִי בַּמִּשְׁנָה אַרְבָּעִים וְתֵשַׁע מִדּוֹת, הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת כְּמִין טַבְלָאוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They had frames.** I saw in the Mishnah of “Forty-Nine Measurements,” that the מסגרות were in the form of טבלאות.⁴⁸

footnotes:
⁴⁸ The מסגרות are “boards” or “panels” on each of the four sides, and they served as a frame for the base. Therefore, they are referred to as “מסגרות” which means frames, as in Shemos 25:25, 27.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:28:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:28:2)

**מִסְגְּרוֹת לָהֶם.** הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת מִיַּד אוֹפַן לְיַד אוֹפָן, וְיַד אוֹפַן, הוּא עֵץ הַתָּחוּב בְּתוֹךְ הָאוֹפַן בַּנֶּקֶב, וְקָרוּי איישי"ל בְּלַעַ"ז (צִיר שֶׁל גַּלְגַּל). וְאַרְבָּעָה הָאוֹפַנִּים בַּמְּכוֹנָה, מִסְגְּרוֹת מִכָּאן וּמִסְגְּרוֹת מִכָּאן, מֵאַרְבָּעָה צְדָדִין, וּבֵין זוֹ לָזוֹ אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת רֹחַב, וּמִלְּמַעְלָה 'סְרָנִים', כְּמוֹ 'נְסָרִים ', מוּל הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת, וְהַשְּׁלַבִּים מִן הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה לָעֶלְיוֹנָה. וּמִסְגְּרוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת. בֵּין הַשְּׁלַבִּים. כְּעֵין מְלֶאכֶת כַּרְעֵי הַמִּטָּה שֶׁל בְּנֵי כְּפָר, שֶׁאֵינָן עֲגֻלִּים אֶלָּא בּוֹלֵט, לָצוּר בָּהֶם אֲרָיוֹת וּכְרוּבִים. וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי, שֶׁהַשְּׁלַבִּים הַלָּלוּ כְּעֵין שְׁלִיבוֹת סֻלָּם, כְּמִין מַקְלוֹת נְחשֶׁת זְקוּפִין עַל הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה, כִּשְׁנַיִם וּשְׁלשָׁה בֵּין מַקֵּל לְמַקֵּל, מִסְגְּרוֹת קְבוּעוֹת מִשְּׁלִיבָה לִשְׁלִיבָה. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: שְׁלִיבַיָּא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They had frames.** The frames were from the axle of one wheel to the axle of the other wheel. And the “יד אופן” is the wood which is inserted into the wheel, in the hole, and it is called *essieu*, in O.F. And the four wheels of the base had frames on this side and frames on the other side, on all four sides; between one and the other, was a width of four *amohs*, and above there were “blocks [=סרנים which means] the same as “boards” [=נסרים], against the frames, and the ledges were from the lower [frames] to the upper ones, and there were other frames between the ledges, like the design of the legs of the bed of villagers which are not round but protrude [in order] to decorate them with lions and cherubim. But I say, that these ledges were like the rungs of a ladder, sort of copper rods standing on the lower frames, there were two or three rods. The frames were set between one rod and the other, connected from one ledge to the other. [Targum] Yonoson, also, rendered “ledges.”


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:29:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:29:1)

**וְעַל הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת אֲשֶׁר בֵּין הַשְּׁלַבִּים.** הָיוּ מְצֻיָּרוֹת צוּרוֹת אֲרָיוֹת, צוּרוֹת בְּקָרִים וּכְרוּבִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And on the frames that were between the rungs.** Were decorated with forms of lions, oxen and cherubim.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:29:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:29:2)

**וְעַל הַשְּׁלַבִּים כֵּן.** בָּסִיס, לְהוֹשִׁיב הַכִּיּוֹר עָלָיו, מִלְּמַעְלָה לַמִּסְגֶּרֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל רֹאשָׁם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And on the rungs there was a base.** A base, to place the basin upon it, above the frame which was on their top.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:29:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:29:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:29:3)

**וּמִתַּחַת לַאֲרָיוֹת וְלַבָּקָר.** הַמְרֻקָּמִין עַל הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת שֶׁבֵּין הַשְּׁלַבִּים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And beneath the lions and oxen.** Which were embroidered or attached on the outer frames which were between the ledges.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:29:4
[Rashi on I Kings 7:29:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:29:4)

**לֹיוֹת מַעֲשֵׂה מוֹרָד.** לֹיוֹת, כְּמִין זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה מְחֻבָּרִין זֶה בָּזֶה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Joined together.** לויות is form resembling a male and female embracing.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:29:5
[Rashi on I Kings 7:29:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:29:5)

**מַעֲשֵׂה מוֹרָד.** מְרֻדָּדִין, כְּמִין רִדּוּד טַס דַּק, וְאֵין בּוֹלְטִין בְּעָבְיוֹ, וְלֹא חֲקוּקִים בְּשִׁקּוּעַ. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם לֹיוֹת מַעֲשֵׂה מוֹרָד: מַדְבַּק עוֹבַד כִּבּוּשׁ, שולדור"ש בְּלַעַ"ז (רִתּוּךְ).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Thin strips of metal.** Hammered, resembling the hammering of a thin metal plate. They did not protrude in its thickness nor were they engraved in a depression. And Yonoson rendered לויות מעשה מורד, “joined by welding,” *souldriz,* in O.F.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:30:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:30:1)

**וְאַרְבָּעָה אוֹפַנֵּי.** שְׁנַיִם לְפָנֶיהָ וּשְׁנַיִם לְאַחֲרֶיהָ, כְּדֶרֶךְ הָעֲגָלוֹת הַגְּדוֹלוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Four [copper] wheels.** Two in the front and two in the back in the manner of large wagons.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:30:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:30:2)

**וְסַרְנֵי נְחשֶׁת.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: וְנִסְרִין דִּנְחַשׁ, הֵם הַנְּסָרִים הָעֶלְיוֹנִים מוּל הַמִּסְגְּרוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And copper bars.** [Targum] Yonoson rendered ונסרין דנחש, “boards of copper,” they are the upper boards against the frames.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:30:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:30:3)

**סַרְנֵי.** כְּמוֹ נְסָרִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Bars.** [סרני means] the same as נסרים [=boards].


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:30:4
[Rashi on I Kings 7:30:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:30:4)

**וְאַרְבַּע פַּעֲמֹתָיו.** שֶׁל כַּן שֶׁעֲלֵיהֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And its four corners.** Of the base [=כן]which was above them [i.e., wheels].


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:30:5
[Rashi on I Kings 7:30:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:30:5)

**כְּתֵפֹת לָהֶם.** בּוֹלְטוֹת לְמַעְלָה מִן הַנְּסָרִים בְּזָוִיּוֹת הַכַּן. וְתַחַת הַכִּיּוֹר הַיּוֹשֵׁב עַל הַכַּן, הָיוּ הַכְּתֵפוֹת יְצוּקוֹת (סְפָרִים אֲחֵרִים: לְלַמֵּד שֶׁמִּתּוֹךְ הַכַּן הָיוּ הַכְּתֵפוֹת יוֹצְאוֹת בִּיצִיקָה אַחַת, וְהַכְּתֵפוֹת מַחֲזִיקוֹת לַכִּיּוֹר שֶׁלֹּא יִפֹּל לְמַטָּה לְתוֹךְ הַכַּן).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Had shoulders.** They protruded above the boards in the corners of the base. And under the basin which rested upon the base, the shoulders were molten. (Other texts: This teaches [us], that the shoulders came from the base in one pouring, and the shoulders supported the basin so that it should not fall down through the base.)


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:30:6
[Rashi on I Kings 7:30:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:30:6)

**מֵעֵבֶר אִישׁ לֹיוֹת.** מִצַּד כָּל אֶחָד מִן הַכְּתֵפוֹת, הָיָה לֹיוֹת שֶׁל זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה מְצֻיָּרוֹת. מֵעֵבֶר אִישׁ. כְּמוֹ אִישׁ אֶל אָחִיו הָאֲמוּרִים בַּכְּרוּבִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**At the side of each were thin metal strips joined together.** At the side of each of the shoulders was a joining of a decorated male and female. מעבר איש [=one to another] means the same as “איש אל אחיו [=one to another],”⁴⁹ which is stated by the cherubim.

footnotes:
⁴⁹ Shemos 25:20.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:31:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:31:1)

**וּפִיהוּ מִבֵּית לַכֹּתֶרֶת וָמַעְלָה בָּאַמָּה.** פִּיהוּ שֶׁל כַּן, יוֹצֵא מִתּוֹךְ פִּיהוּ שֶׁל כּוֹתֶרֶת, וְעוֹלֶה לְמַעְלָה אַמָּה גֹּבַהּ, וְהַכּוֹתֶרֶת הִיא גַּג הַמְּכוֹנָה עָשׂוּי כְּמִין כּוֹבַע מְשֻׁפָּע מִכָּל צְדָדָיו, וּבְאֶמְצַע נִקְבַּעַת נֶקֶב עָגֹל אַמָּה וַחֲצִי אַמָּה רֹחַב בֶּעָגוֹל, וּסְבִיב אוֹתוֹ נֶקֶב כְּמִין הֶקֵּף מְחִצָּה, חֲצִי אַמָּה גֹּבַהּ סָבִיב, וְכָךְ מְפֹרָשׁ לְמַטָּה בָּעִנְיָן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וּבְרֹאשׁ הַמְּכוֹנָה חֲצִי אַמָּה קוֹמָה עָגֹל סָבִיב. וְהוּא קָרוּי 'פִּי הַכּוֹתֶרֶת', וְהַכַּן מֻנָּח עַל אוֹתוֹ הֶקֵּף, וְשׁוּלֵי הַכַּן תְּחוּבִין בְּתוֹךְ פִּי הַהֶקֵּף, וּלְמַעְלָה הֵימֶנּוּ הוּא בּוֹלֵט אַמָּה, וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר כָּאן: וּפִיהוּ מִבַּיִת לַכּוֹתֶרֶת וּמַעְלָה בָּאַמָּה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the rim of the vessel was inside the crown and rose above it an *amoh*.** The mouth of the base extends outward of the rim of the crown and goes upward an *amoh* high. The crown is the roof of the base, made like a hat, [i.e.,] sloping on all sides, and in the center a round hole was set, with a diameter that was one and one half *amohs*, and around that hole was the resemblance of an enclosure of a partition one half *amoh* high around. And below this is thus explained regarding this subject, as it is stated, “At the top of the base [was a frame] half an *amoh* high circular all around,”⁵⁰ and that is called “פי הכותרות [=the rim of the crown].” And the base rests on that enclosure, and the bottom of the base is inserted into the rim of the enclosure, and it protrudes one *amoh* above it. This is what is stated here, “And the rim of the vessel was inside the crown and rose above it an *amoh*.”

footnotes:
⁵⁰ Below v. 35.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:31:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:31:2)

**וּפִיהָ עָגֹל מַעֲשֵׂה כֵן.** וּפִיהָ שֶׁל כּוֹתֶרֶת עָגֹל, דֻּגְמַת כַּן הֶעָגֹל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The rim was round made like the base.** And the rim of the crown was round, a replica of the base which was round.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:31:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:31:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:31:3)

**אַמָּה וַחֲצִי הָאַמָּה.** רָחְבָּהּ בֶּעָגוֹל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**One and a half *amohs*.** Its width in diameter.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:31:4
[Rashi on I Kings 7:31:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:31:4)

**וְגַם עַל פִּיה מִקְלָעוֹת.** צוּרַת פְּרָחִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**There were engravings on the rim as well.** Designs of flowers.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:32:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:32:1)

**וְאַרְבַּעַת הָאוֹפַנִּים לְמִתַּחַת לַמִּסְגְּרוֹת.** שֶׁהַמִּסְגְּרוֹת מִיַּד אוֹפַן לְיַד אוֹפַן, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The four wheels were underneath the frames.** Because the frames [reached] from the axle of one wheel to the axle of the other wheel, as I have explained.⁵¹

footnotes:
⁵¹ Above v. 28.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:32:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:32:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:32:2)

**וִידוֹת הָאוֹפַנִּים.** הוּא עֵץ הַתָּחוּב בָּאוֹפַנִּים, וְקוֹרִין איישי"ל (צִיר שֶׁל גַּלְגַּל).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the axles of the wheels.** That is the wood which is inserted into the wheels and is called, *essieu* in [O.F.]


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:32:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:32:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:32:3)

**בַּמְּכוֹנָה.** דְּבוּקִים מְצוּקִים בַּמְּכוֹנָה בִּיצִיקָה אַחַת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Were in the base.** The axles were joined and melted to the base in one pouring.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:33:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:33:1)

**כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוֹפַן הַמֶּרְכָּבָה.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: כְּעוֹבַד גִּלְגְּלֵי מֶרְכָּבָה, אוֹפַן בְּתוֹךְ הָאוֹפַן שְׁתִי וָעֶרֶב, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר בִּיחֶזְקֵאל, בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה גָבוֹהַּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Like the work of a chariot wheel.** [Targum] Yonoson rendered, “as the work of the wheels of a chariot,” a wheel within a wheel crosswise, as it is stated in Yechezkeil in [reference to] the “Heavenly Chariot.”⁵²

footnotes:
⁵² Yechezkeil 1:16.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:33:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:33:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:33:2)

**יְדוֹתָם.** איישי"ל (צִיר שֶׁל גַּלְגַּל).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Their axles.** *Essieu* [in O.F.]


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:33:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:33:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:33:3)

**וְגַבֵּיהֶם.** בוייל"ש בְּלַעַ"ז (טַבּוּר הַגַּלְגַּל), הֵם הַנְּקָבִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Their hubs.** *Bojjols* in O.F., they are the holes [for the axles].


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:33:4
[Rashi on I Kings 7:33:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:33:4)

**וְחִשֻּׁקֵיהֶם.** הֵם עֲגֻלִּים סָבִיב, שֶׁהוּא קִשּׁוּרָן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Their rims.** They are the enclosures around, which bind them together.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:33:5
[Rashi on I Kings 7:33:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:33:5)

**וְחִשֻּׁרֵיהֶם.** זְרוֹעוֹת הָאוֹפַנִּים, הַתְּחוּבִים מִגַּבֵּיהֶם לְחִשּׁוּקֵיהֶם, שֶׁקּוֹרִין ריי"ש בְּלַעַ"ז (חִישׁוּרִים).

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And their spokes.** The arms of the wheels which are attached from the holes of the wheel to the rims, which is called *rais*, in O.F.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:34:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:34:1)

**וְאַרְבַּע כְּתֵפוֹת.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי לְמַעְלָה, וְאַרְבַּע פַּעֲמוֹתָיו כְּתֵפוֹת לָהֶם, וְלֹא שְׁנָאָן כָּאן אֶלָּא לוֹמַר וּמִן הַמְּכוֹנָה כְּתֵפֶיהָ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**There were four shoulders.** As I have explained above, “and its four corners had shoulders,”⁵³ and he did not mention it here only to say, “the shoulders were of the base itself.”⁵⁴

footnotes:
⁵³ Above v. 30.
⁵⁴ I.e., they were not made separately and then attached to it.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:35:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:35:1)

**חֲצִי הָאַמָּה קוֹמָה עָגֹל.** הִיא מְחִצָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי לְמַעְלָה, שֶׁהִיא סְבִיב הַנֶּקֶב וְהָאַמָּה מְרֻבַּעַת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Half an *amoh* high circular.** This is the partition, as I explained above,⁵⁵ which was around the opening and the [uppermost] *amoh* [of the crown] was square.

footnotes:
⁵⁵ Above v. 31.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:35:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:35:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:35:2)

**וְעַל רֹאשׁ הַמְּכוֹנָה יְדֹתֶיהָ.** הֵם סַרְנֵי הַנְּחשֶׁת הָאֲמוּרִים לְמַעְלָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And on the top of the base its axles.** They are the copper bars [סרני הנחשת] mentioned above.⁵⁶

footnotes:
⁵⁶ Above v. 30.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:35:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:35:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:35:3)

**וּמִסְגְּרֹתֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה.** מִסְגְּרוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת הוּצְקוּ עִמָּהּ, וְלֹא שֶׁחִבְּרָן לְאַחַר כֵּן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And its frames. They were all of one piece.** The lower frames were poured together with it; he did not attach them afterwards.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:36:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:36:1)

**וַיְפַתַּח עַל הַלֻּחֹת יְדֹתֶיהָ וְעַל מִסְגְּרֹתֶיהָ.** הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת עַל שְׁנֵיהֶם, פִּתַּח וְחָקַק כְּרוּבִים אֲרָיוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He engraved on the plates, on its axles, and on its frames.** On the lower ones. On both of them, he engraved and inscribed cherubim, lions.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:36:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:36:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:36:2)

**כְּמַעַר אִישׁ וְלֹיוֹת.** פִּתַּח סָבִיב כְּזָכָר וּנְקֵבָה הַחֲבוּקִים בִּזְרוֹעוֹתֵיהֶן, כֵּן פֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**(And palm trees, this is not [found] in other texts.) Pairs attached to each other.** He engraved around the likeness of a male and female that are joined by their arms, thus our Rabbis explained this.⁵⁷

footnotes:
⁵⁷ See Maseches Yoma 54a.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:36:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:36:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:36:3)

**כְּמַעַר.** לְשׁוֹן אֲחִיזָה וְדִבּוּק, כְּזָכָר הַמְּעוּרֶה בַּנְּקֵבָה, וּפֵרוּשׁוֹ: אִישׁ וְלוֹיוֹתוֹ. וּלְפִי מַשְׁמָעוּתוֹ 'לוֹיוֹת' לְשׁוֹן 'דִּבּוּק', שולדור"א בְּלַעַ"ז (הַלְחָמָה, רִתּוּךְ), כְּמוֹ לוֹיוֹת הָיוּ שָׁם, עֲשׂוּיוֹת כִּמְעָרַת אִישׁ, וְהַמְּעָרֶה כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁנוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Attached.** An expression of attachment, as a male that is attached to a female, and its meaning is, “a man with his attachment.” According to its simple meaning, לויות is an expression of “attachment,” *soldore*, in O.F. There were attachments there made as the joining of a man, and the joining was in the manner we explained.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:37:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:37:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:37:1)

**מוּצָק אֶחָד.** כְּשֵׁם שֶׁיָּצַק אֶת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, כֵּן יָצַק אֶת כֻּלָּם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**All cast in the same manner.** As he cast the first [base], he similarly cast them all.⁵⁸

footnotes:
⁵⁸ I.e., they were all identical. Alternatively, each base was cast as a single piece.—Radak.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:37:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:37:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:37:2)

פירוש מבעל צורת הבית:**וזה מעשה המכונה.** עשה ארבעה אופני נחושת, שנאמר (פסוק ל): **וארבע אופני נחשת למכונה האחת** כצורת עגלה גדולה, וקומת האופן האחד, אמה וחצי האמה. ומעשה האופנים כמעשה אופן המרכבה, אופן בתוך אופן, למען יוכל להוליכם אל אשר יהיה הרוח והרצון להוליכם, שמה יוליכם מבלי שיצטרך להפכם אנה ואנה, והמרחק שמאופן לאופן ממזרח למערב, ארבע אמות, וכן מצפון לדרום שהיא מרובעת, לא ארוכה כעגלות שלנו, וזהו שאמר (פסוק כז): **ארבע באמה ארך המכונה האחת, וארבע באמה רחבה** ומקל עב וארוך נתחב בשני האופנים שממזרח למערב הצפוניים, וכן בשנים הדרומיים וכן כמו באותן האופנים שבתוך אלו, היה מקל נתון ונתחב בשנים מהם שמצפון לדרום המזרחיים, וכן בשנים המערביים, ואלו המקלות קראם הכתוב 'ידות', זהו שאמר וידותיהם. ופירוש וגביהם, הוא מרכזי האופנים שבתוכה סובבים המקלות הללו, ונקראים 'גב', לפי שהיא הגובה שבאופן, בשכבו על הארץ, וכן כל מרכז העיגול הוא הגובה שממנו, לפי שכל הצדדין נמשכין ממנו ופירוש 'וחשוקיהם', הם העיגולים החיצונים, שמקשר חישוריהם שהם העצים הדקים, כמין זרועות הנתחבים ונתונים מגב לחישוק, והוא מלשון וחשוקיהם כסף (שמות כז י), והוא הגלגל המגלגל על הארץ, ורגילין לעשות סביבו ברזל עגול, ונקרא בלשון המשנה בפרק י"א דכלים (משנה ג): סובב של גלגל. וכאן לא היה צריך לסובב, לפי שהוא כולו מנחושת 'ומסגרות', פירוש: כמין טבלאות עשוי להם על הידות לארבע רוחות בריבוע, וזהו שאמר (פסוק לא): **ומסגרותיהם מרובעות לא עגולות.** והם סוגרים העגלה מארבע רוחותיה, לפיכך נקראו מסגרות ועל המסגרות הללו נסרים מנחושת, קראם הכתוב 'סרני נחשת', והיא מלה מסורסת, ועליהם, כלומר: מבחוץ ולא על גבם, עשויה כמין שליבות סולם, ומבין שליבה לשליבה מסגרות, ועליהם צורת בקר וגו'. והיו הנסרים עולים מעל המסגרות עד כנגד קומת האופנים, ומשופעים והולכים ככובע וכמין כיסוי שבעגלות צבים, עד בואם כנגד קומת האופן, ושם נמשכין זה אל זה עד שמכסין אותו, זולת באמצעו למעלה אינן מכסין, אבל יש בהם נקב עגול, רוחב עיגולו אמה וחצי, והכיסוי הזה נקרא 'כותרת', והנקב שבו 'פי הכותרת', וזהו שאמר (שם) ופיה עגול מעשה כן אמה וחצי האמה וסביב זה הנקב, עולה מחיצה בגובה חצי אמה, וזהו שאמר (פסוק לה): **ובראש המכונה חצי אמה קומה עגול סביב.** ובתוך המחיצה הזאת, נכנס ונתחב הכן, שהוא כלי קבול המקבל הכיור כשהכיור תחוב בכן, והכן בתוך מחיצה זו שעל העגלה, והכן בתחתונה הוא עגול בחצי האמה, כשיעור גובה המחיצה שעל הנקב העגול שבמכונה למעלה, ועולה הכן על המחיצה הזאת אמה, וזה מה שאמר (פסוק לא): **ופיהו מבית לכותרת ומעלה באמה.** ומעתה יש לנו שלש אמות קומת המכונה, שהאופן אמה וחצי, והמחיצה העגולה חצי אמה, ואמה יוצא גובה הכן מעליה, והאמה הזאת היא מרובעת, ולה ארבע כתפות בארבע פינותיה, וזהו שאמר (פסוק לד): **וארבע כתפות אל וגו' המכונה האחת מן המכונה כתפיה.** לפי שהכיור הוא למטה בשפולו משופע שיכנוס לתוך הכן, וכדי שלא יפול אל תוכו יותר משיעור הנרצה, לכך נעשו אלו הכתיפות, שישאו ויסבלהו, עד כאן לשון צורת הבית:


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:38:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:38:1)

**וַיַּעַשׂ עֲשָׂרָה כִיֹּרוֹת.** כְּתִיב בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָמִים: אֶת מַעֲשֵׂה הָעֹלָה יָדִיחוּ בָם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He made ten [copper wash] basins.** It is written in Divrei Hayomim, “the parts of the burnt-offering they rinsed with them.”⁵⁹

footnotes:
⁵⁹ II Divrei Hayomim 4:6.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:39:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:39:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:39:1)

**עַל כֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת.** כְּנֶגֶד כֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת הַיְמָנִית.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**On the [right] side of the Beis Hamikdosh.** Against the right side of the Beis Hamikdosh.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:39:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:39:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:39:2)

**מִכֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת הַיְמָנִית.** מָשׁוּךְ מִצַּד דָּרוֹם לְצַד צָפוֹן, וְזֶה קֵדְמָה מוּל נֶגֶב, מִקְצוֹעַ מִזְרָחִית צְפוֹנִית, כְּנֶגֶד הָאֲוִיר שֶׁבֵּין כֹּתֶל צְפוֹנִי שֶׁל בַּיִת לְצַד כֹּתֶל הָעֲזָרָה, וְצַד צְפוֹנִי קָרוּי מִמּוּל נֶגֶב, מָשׁוּךְ וּמְרֻחָק מִן הַדָּרוֹם, וְאֵין 'מוּל' וּ'מִמּוּל' שָׁוִין בְּפִתָּרוֹן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[Away] from the right side of the Beis Hamikdosh.** Extended from the south side toward the north side. The following [explains], “קדמה מול נגב”: The northeast corner against the space which is between the northern wall of the Beis Hamikdosh and the wall of the court; and the northern wall is called “ממול נגב,” extended and removed far away from the south, and מול and ממול are not translated the same.⁶⁰

footnotes:
⁶⁰ I.e., ממול נגב means “opposite the south,” which is the north.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:40:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:40:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:40:1)

**וַיַּעַשׂ חִירוֹם וְגוֹ'.** וְאָמַר רַבִּי, הַכִּיֹּרוֹת הֵן הֵן סִירוֹת, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמַר: כְּכִיּוֹר אֵשׁ בְּעֵצִים; וְכֵן: וְהִכָּה בַכִּיּוֹר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And Chirom made, etc.** And Rebbi said, that the כיורות are one and the same as the סירות, as it is stated, “like a pan of fire burning wood,”⁶¹ and similarly, “and he thrust it into the pan.”⁶²

footnotes:
⁶¹ Zecharyah 12:6.
⁶² I Shmuel 2:14.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:40:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:40:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:40:2)

**הַכִּיֹּרוֹת.** שֶׁל נְחשֶׁת, לְדַשֵּׁן אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The [wash] basins.** Of copper, used to remove the ashes from the altar.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:40:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:40:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:40:3)

**הַיָּעִים.** מַגְרֵפוֹת שֶׁל נְחשֶׁת, שֶׁקּוֹרִין ווידו"ל (יָעֶה, מַגְרֵפָה) בְּאַשְׁכְּנַז, לַחֲתוֹת בָּהֶן דֶּשֶׁן בְּתוֹךְ הַסִּירוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The rakes.** Copper shovels which are called *vedil*, in German, [were used] to rake the ashes into the pots.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:42:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:42:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:42:1)

**שְׁנֵי טוּרִים רִמּוֹנִים.** מֵאָה רִמּוֹנִים בְּטוּר, חֲרוּזִים בְּשַׁרְשְׁרוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Two rows of pomegranates.** One hundred pomegranates in each row hanging by chains.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:46:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:46:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:46:1)

**יְצָקָם.** הִתִּיכָם וְהִצִּיקָם כְּתַבְנִיתָם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[The king] cast them.** He melted them and poured them according to their form.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:46:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:46:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:46:2)

**בְּמַעֲבֵה הָאֲדָמָה.** תַּרְגּוּם: בְּעוֹבֵי גַּרְגִּשְׁתָּא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In the thick clay.** [Targum Yonoson rendered,] “in the thickness of the clay.”⁶³

footnotes:
⁶³ The clay of the Jordan Plain was of very good quality.—Radak.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:47:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:47:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:47:1)

**וַיַּנַּח שְׁלֹמֹה.** מִלִּשְׁקֹל אֶת מִשְׁקַל הַכֵּלִים הָאֵלֶּה מֵרֹב מְאֹד וְחָדַל לִסְפֹּר מִשְׁקָלָם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Shlomo gave up.** [He refrained] from determining the weight of these vessels because there were very many, and [therefore] he ceased to determine their weight.⁶⁴

footnotes:
⁶⁴ Targum renders וינח as “he hid [=ואצנע],” implying that Shlomo prepared more than was needed and put away the extra vessels for future use. II Divrei Hayomim 4:18 implies that Shlomo made more vessels than needed.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:49:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:49:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:49:1)

**חָמֵשׁ מִיָּמִין וְחָמֵשׁ מִשְּׂמֹאל.** אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר חָמֵשׁ מִימִין הַפֶּתַח וְחָמֵשׁ מִשְּׂמֹאל הַפֶּתַח, אִם כֵּן מָצִינוּ מְנוֹרָה בַּצָּפוֹן, וְהַתּוֹרָה אָמְרָה: עַל יֶרֶךְ הַמִּשְׁכָּן תֵּימָנָה, אֶלָּא שֶׁל משֶׁה בָּאֶמְצַע, חָמֵשׁ מִימִינָהּ, וְחָמֵשׁ מִשְּׂמֹאלָהּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Five on the right and five on the left.** It is impossible to say five were on the right side of the entrance and five were on the left of the entrance, if so, we find a candlestick on the north [side] and the Torah states, “on the south side of the Tabernacle.”⁶⁵ Therefore, Moshe’s [candlestick] was in the middle, five [candlesticks] on its right and five on its left.

footnotes:
⁶⁵ Bamidbar 3:29. The verse quoted by Rashi describes the location where the Kehas family encamped. It is not stated in reference to the candlestick. See Shemos 26:35 and 40:24 for the location of the candlestick.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:49:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:49:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:49:2)

**וְהַפֶּרַח.** שֶׁל מְנוֹרָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the flowers.** Of the candlestick.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:49:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:49:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:49:3)

**וְהַנֵּרֹת.** בָּזִיכִין שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין בָּהֶן הַשֶּׁמֶן וְהַפְּתִילָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The lamps.** The cups into which the oil and wicks are put.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:49:4
[Rashi on I Kings 7:49:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:49:4)

**וְהַמֶּלְקָחַיִם.** שֶׁמְּרִימִים בָּהֶן אֶת הַפְּתִילָה מִתּוֹךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the tongs.** With which the wick is lifted out of the oil.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:50:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:50:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:50:1)

**וְהַסִּפּוֹת.** כְּלִי שֶׁל מִינֵי זֶמֶר הוּא, וְכֵן מְזַמְּרוֹת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The Sippos.** A type of musical instrument,⁶⁶ and similarly, “מזמרות.”

footnotes:
⁶⁶ Alternatively, ספות are pitchers.—Metzudas Tzion.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:50:2
[Rashi on I Kings 7:50:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:50:2)

**וְהַמִּזְרָקוֹת.** לְקַבֵּל דָּם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The basins.** To receive the blood.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:50:3
[Rashi on I Kings 7:50:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:50:3)

**וְהַכַּפּוֹת.** לְבָזִיכֵי לְבוֹנָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The spoons.** As vessels for frankincense.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:50:4
[Rashi on I Kings 7:50:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:50:4)

**וְהַמַּחְתּוֹת.** לַחֲתוֹת בָּהֶן תְּרוּמַת הַדֶּשֶׁן וְגֶחָלִים לְהוֹלִיךְ מִמִּזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן לַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי לְהַקְטִיר קְטֹרֶת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the fire pans.** To remove the ashes and coals, and to carry them from the outer altar to the inner altar to burn incense.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:50:5
[Rashi on I Kings 7:50:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:50:5)

**וְהַפֹּתוֹת.** מַפְתְּחוֹת, שָׁמַעְתִּי. שֶׁמְּפַתְּחִין בָּהֶם אֶת הַמַּנְעוּל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The keys.** Keys, I heard, with which to open [מפתחין] with them the locks.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:50:6
[Rashi on I Kings 7:50:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:50:6)

**לְדַלְתוֹת הַבַּיִת.** שֶׁהוּא קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**For the doors of the [inner] Beis Hamikdosh.** Which is the Holy of Holies.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:50:7
[Rashi on I Kings 7:50:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:50:7)

**לְדַלְתֵי הַבַּיִת.** שֶׁהוּא לַהֵיכָל, כָּל פִּתְחוֹתֵיהֶן הָיוּ זָהָב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**For the doors of the Beis Hamikdosh.** Which is for the Sanctuary, all of their entrances were of gold.


###### Rashi on I Kings 7:51:1
[Rashi on I Kings 7:51:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/7:51:1)

**אֶת קָדְשֵׁי דָּוִד אָבִיו.** מַה שֶּׁנִּשְׁאַר מִכֶּסֶף וְזָהָב שֶׁהִקְדִּישׁ אָבִיו. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: שֶׁלֹּא רָצָה שְׁלֹמֹה לָתֵת מֵאוֹתוֹ הֶקְדֵּשׁ לְבִנְיַן הַבַּיִת. וְשָׁמַעְתִּי מֵחַכְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהָיוּ אוֹמְרִין: לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁסּוֹפוֹ לֵחָרֵב, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים אוֹמְרִים, קָשָׁה יִרְאָתָם, שֶׁלָּקְחוּ נִקְמָתָם מִן הַבַּיִת, שֶׁנִּבְנָה מִן גְּזֵלוֹת וַחֲבָלוֹת שֶׁגָּזַל מֵהֶם דָּוִד. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: כָּךְ אָמַר שְׁלֹמֹה, רָעָב הָיָה בִּימֵי אָבִיו שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים, שָׁנָה אַחַר שָׁנָה, וְהָיָה לוֹ לְבַזְבֵּז הַהֶקְדֵּשׁוֹת הַלָּלוּ, לְהַחֲיוֹת בָּהֶן עֲנִיֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The sacred of his father Dovid.** That which remained of the silver and gold dedicated by his father. But the Midrash explains that Shlomo did not wish to use any of those dedicated materials for the construction of the Beis [Hamikdosh]. And I heard from [Torah] scholars of Yisroel who said, because Dovid knew eventually it would be destroyed; so that the idol worshiping [nations] should not say that their idols are mightier for they took their revenge upon the Beis [Hamikdosh] which was built of the plunder and destruction which Dovid plundered from them. And others say, Shlomo said that there was a famine in the days of his father for three consecutive years, and he should have squandered these dedicated materials to sustain Yisroel’s poor.