1 Kings 6:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

Young's Literal Translation
And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it].

King James Bible
And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].

Hebrew
And the main hall
הַהֵיכָ֥ל (ha·hê·ḵāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

in front of [this room]
לִפְנָֽי׃ (lip̄·nāy)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

was
הָיָ֣ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

forty
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים (wə·’ar·bā·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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