H7049b H7049b
carve, engrave decorative designs in wood or stone
This verb describes the skilled craft of carving decorative designs into surfaces, specifically the interior walls and doors of Solomon's temple. The consistent use across Spanish (talló), French (sculpté), and German (carved) reflects the artistic nature of this sacred work. All three occurrences appear in 1 Kings 6, describing the ornate cherubim and floral patterns carved into the temple's cedar woodwork.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The term consistently refers to the technical process of engraving or sculpting decorative religious imagery into temple surfaces. The multilingual glosses emphasize the artistic precision involved—whether carving cherubim, palm trees, or open flowers onto the walls and doors of the Most Holy Place. This was specialized craftsmanship reserved for sacred architecture. 3×
AR["نَقَشَ", "وَ-نَقَشَ"]·ben["এবং-তিনি-খোদাই-করলেন", "তিনি-খোদাই-করলেন"]·DE["er-carved", "und-er-carved"]·EN["and-he-carved", "he-carved"]·FR["et-il-sculpté", "il-sculpté"]·heb["ו-קלע", "קלע"]·HI["और-खोदा", "खोदा"]·ID["dan-ia-mengukir", "ia-ukir"]·IT["e-egli-intagliò", "egli-intagliò"]·jav["lan-ukiran", "ukiran"]·KO["그가-새겼다", "그리고-그가-새겼다", "그리고-새겼다"]·PT["E-esculpiu", "e-esculpiu", "esculpiu"]·RU["вырезал", "и-вырезал"]·ES["talló", "y-talló"]·SW["Na-akachora", "nakshi", "ya-makerubi"]·TR["oydu", "ve-oydu"]·urd["اور-کندہ کیا", "کندہ کیا"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. קָלַע vb. carve;— Qal Pf. 3 ms. ק׳: c. 2 acc., carve walls with, 1 K 6:29; c. acc. cogn. + עַל v 32; c. acc. of thing carved v 35.