1. stand, base, pedestal — The noun mekonah denoting a stand, base, or pedestal — specifically the wheeled bronze stands Solomon made for the temple lavers (1 Kings 7). All four clusters describe the same artifact with grammatical variation: plural definite (eng: the stands, arb: الْقَوَاعِدِ, kor: 받침대들을, swa: vitako), singular definite (eng: the stand, arb: الـ–قَاعِدَةِ, spa: la base, hin: चौकी), coordinated plural (eng: and the stands, arb: وَالْقَوَاعِدُ), and construct with possessive suffix (eng: its foundations, arb: قَوَاعِدِهِ, swa: msingi-wake). Arabic قَاعِدَة and Korean 받침대 are consistent throughout, confirming a single sense of architectural support structure. 24×
AR["الـ-قَاعِدَةِ","الـ-قَوَاعِدَ","الـ-قَوَاعِدِ","الْقَوَاعِدَ","الْقَوَاعِدِ"]·ben["-বেদি","-বেদিগুলি","-বেদিগুলির","-বেদির","-ভিতগুলির","বেদিগুলি","বেদিগুলির","মেকোনোত","মেকোনোতের","স্ট্যান্ডগুলি"]·DE["[המכנות]","der-stehe","der-steht"]·EN["the-stand","the-stands"]·FR["[המכנות]","le-se-tient","le-tiens-toi","socle"]·heb["ה-מכונה","ה-מכונות","ה-מכנות"]·HI["आधार","आधारों","आधारों-की","आधारों-के","चौकियाँ","चौकियों","चौकी","चौकी-का","चौकी-की","चौकी-के","ह-आधारों"]·ID["alas-alas","kereta-kereta","kereta-kereta-itu","penyangga","penyangga-penyangga"]·IT["[המכנות]","i-basamenti","il-sta"]·jav["ancak","ancak-ancak","pangkon","para-sanggan","sanggan-sanggan","tatakan"]·KO["그-받침대들-의","그-받침대들을","그-받침들","그-받침들과","받침대들을","받침대들의","받침대의","받침들을","받침들의"]·PT["a-base","as-bases"]·RU["подставах","подставками","подставках","подставке","подставки","подставок"]·ES["la-base","las-basas","las-bases"]·SW["kitako","kumi","kuyeyusha-moja","mabega-yake","na-dhiraa","vinara","vishikio-vyake","vitako","vitano","vya-vitako","ya-kitako"]·TR["araba","arabaları","arabaların","arabanın","arasaliklari","arasaliklarin","kaidelerin","kürseleri","kürselerin"]·urd["-ٹھیلیاں","-ٹھیلیوں-کے","چوکیوں","چوکیوں-کے","چھکڑی کی-","چھکڑی کے-","چھکڑی-","چھکڑیاں-","چھکڑیوں","چھکڑیوں کا-","چھکڑیوں-","چھکڑیوں-کے"]
1 Kgs 7:27, 1 Kgs 7:27, 1 Kgs 7:28, 1 Kgs 7:30, 1 Kgs 7:32, 1 Kgs 7:34, 1 Kgs 7:34, 1 Kgs 7:35, 1 Kgs 7:35, 1 Kgs 7:37, 1 Kgs 7:38, 1 Kgs 7:38 (+12 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
מְכוֹנָה, מְכֹנָה, n.f. fixed resting-place, base;—abs. מ׳ 1 K 7:27 + 5 times; מְכֹנָה 1 K 7:34(×2), 35; sf. מְכֻנָתָהּ Zc 5:11 (Ges§ 27, 3. R. 1); pl. מְכוֹנוֹת Je 27:19, מְכֹנֹת 1 K 7:27 + 12 times; sf. מְכוֹנֹתָ֯ו Ezr 3:3;—base or stand of laver כִּיּוֹר 1 K 7:27(×2) + 13 times 1 K 7, 2 K 16:17; 25:13, 16 = Je 52:17, 20, Je 27:19 2 Ch 4:14(×2); of altar Ezr 3:3; of the symbol. ephah Zc 5:11.