H3326b H3326b
side chamber, lateral room (architectural term for temple's projecting stories)
An architectural term referring to the side chambers or lateral rooms of Solomon's temple, appearing in 1 Kings 6:5-10. These were chambers built against the temple's outer walls on three sides, forming a three-story structure that did not bear on the main temple walls. The Hebrew text presents difficulties, with Qere/Ketiv variants and scholarly suggestions to read הַצֵּלָע ('the side-chamber') based on the Septuagint and parallel texts in Ezekiel 41:5-8. These chambers likely served as storage for temple vessels, priestly vestments, and sacred items, expanding the temple's functional space without compromising the holy architecture of the main structure.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The projecting lateral chambers attached to Solomon's temple's exterior walls, forming auxiliary spaces around the main sanctuary. The architectural description is precise yet textually complex, with יָצִיעַ appearing only in these verses about the temple construction. The chambers represent practical sacred space—neither as holy as the inner sanctuary nor merely secular, but functional rooms consecrated by their attachment to God's house. Cross-linguistic glosses ('side-chambers', 'cámara lateral', 'chambres latérales') capture the architectural specificity. 3×
AR["الـ-غُرَفَ", "الـ-غُرْفَةُ", "غُرَفًا"]·ben["(পাশের-কক্ষ)"]·EN["side-chambers", "the-side-chamber", "the-side-chambers"]·FR["côté-chambers", "le-côté-chamber", "le-côté-chambers"]·heb["ה-יציע", "יציע"]·HI["कोठरी"]·ID["(ruangan-samping)"]·IT["il-lato-camera", "il-lato-camere", "lato-camere"]·jav["kamar-sampingan"]·KO["다락방을", "다락방의"]·PT["(A-câmara)", "(as-câmaras)", "(câmaras)"]·RU["(пристройка)", "(пристройку)"]·ES["(cámara-lateral)", "(la-cámara)"]·SW["nyumba-yote", "pande-zote", "ya-chini"]·TR["(yan-oda)"]·urd["(کوٹھری-)", "(کوٹھریاں)"]
Related Senses
H1129 1. Qal: build, construct (316×)H2691a 1. court, courtyard, enclosure (142×)G4864 1. synagogue, place of Jewish assembly (56×)G5438 1. prison, place of confinement (41×)H4013 1. fortress, stronghold (37×)H0875 1. well, cistern (dug water source) (35×)H0352b 1. pillar or jamb of gateway (32×)H2474 1. window, opening in wall (32×)H1406 1. roof / rooftop (31×)H4609b 1. steps, stairs, stairway (31×)H1129 2. Nifal: be built, be established (30×)H0361 1. portico, porch (architectural structure) (27×)H1129 3. Qal participle: builder (27×)H1219 1. fortified, inaccessible (25×)H4581 1. fortress, stronghold (25×)H3805 1. capital of a pillar (24×)H4350 1. stand, base, pedestal (24×)H0759 1. palace, royal residence (21×)H4692 1. siege, besiegement (20×)G3618 1. build or construct physically (19×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [יָצִיעַ] n.m. 1 K 6:10 only Qr, properly flat surface, only of lower projecting story of temple, יָצִו֯עַ 1 K 6:5, 10; v 6 read הַצֵּלָע the side-chamber, as 𝔊 Bö§ 658 StaZAW 1883, 136, v. also v 5, 8 Ez 41:5, 6.