Song of Solomon 1:17
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרָה
qârâh
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
רְחִיט
rᵉchîyṭ
a panel (as resembling a trough)
בְּרוֹשׁ
bᵉrôwsh
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָרָה qârâh
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
Study H7136 →בְּרוֹשׁ bᵉrôwsh
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Study H1265 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the window...
Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
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