1 Kings 6:6
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The floor that was underneath was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third floor was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple.

narrowed rests.

Context
The Chambers
5And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about. 6The floor that was underneath was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third floor was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple.7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones, hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.…
Cross References
1 Kings 6:5
And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about.

1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones, hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.

Ezekiel 41:6
And the side chambers one by another, were twice thirty-three: and they bore outwards, that they might enter in through the wall of the house in the sides round about, to hold in, and not to touch the wall of the temple.

Lexicon
The bottom
הַתַּחְתֹּנָ֜ה (hat·taḥ·tō·nāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8481: Lower, lowest

floor [was]
הַיָּצִ֨יעַ (hay·yā·ṣî·a‘)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3326: Spread, a bed, an extension, wing, lean-to

five
חָמֵ֧שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

cubits
בָּאַמָּ֣ה (bā·’am·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

wide,
רָחְבָּ֗הּ (rā·ḥə·bāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7341: Breadth, width

the middle floor
וְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙ (wə·hat·tî·ḵō·nāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8484: Central

six
שֵׁ֤שׁ (šêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

cubits,
בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (bā·’am·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and the third [floor]
וְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔ית (wə·haš·šə·lî·šîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)

seven
שֶׁ֥בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

cubits.
בָּאַמָּ֖ה (bā·’am·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

He also placed
נָתַ֨ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

offset ledges
מִגְרָעוֹת֩ (miḡ·rā·‘ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4052: A ledge, offset

all around
סָבִיב֙ (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

the outside
ח֔וּצָה (ḥū·ṣāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

of the temple,
לַבַּ֤יִת (lab·ba·yiṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

so that nothing
לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

would be inserted
אֲחֹ֥ז (’ă·ḥōz)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession

into [its]
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

walls.
בְּקִֽירוֹת־ (bə·qî·rō·wṯ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall


Additional Translations
The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges all around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams'should not have hold in the walls of the house.

The under side was five cubits broad, and the middle part six, and the third was seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house.

The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the [thickness of the wall of] the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house.

The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.

The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house all around, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.

The lowest couch, five by the cubit is its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit is its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit is its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without -- not to lay hold on the walls of the house.
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