אוּלָםʼûwlâm
אוּלָם: porch
Pronunciation: oo-lawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H197
Meanings
1. in Soloman's temple (1 Kings 7:19; 2 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 29:17)
2. in Solomon's palace (1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 7:6; 1 Kings 7:7)
3. in temple of Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 40:7; Ezekiel 40:8; Ezekiel 44:3)
אוּלָם: see below II. אול
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 34 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 6:3 The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet from the front of the Temple.
- 1 Kings 7:6 Solomon also built the Hall of Pillars, which was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front, along with a canopy supported by pillars.
- 1 Kings 7:7 Solomon also built the throne room, known as the Hall of Justice, where he sat to hear legal matters. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
- 1 Kings 7:8 Solomon’s living quarters surrounded a courtyard behind this hall, and they were constructed the same way. He also built similar living quarters for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
- 1 Kings 7:12 The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone, just like the walls of the inner courtyard of the Lord’s Temple with its entry room.
- 1 Kings 7:19 The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).