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(as a noun) is the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of two Hebrews words:
1. ëֵּï , ken, the foundation or pedestal, e.g. of the laver (q.v.) in the temple- court (“foot,” Exo_30:18, etc.); then, the “base over the ledges” ( ùְׁìִáַּí , joints) of the brazen sea (q.v.), in 1Ki_7:29, apparently explained in 1Ki_7:31 as a “work' of the base” ( îִòֲùֵׂäàּëֵï ), perhaps a pediment-like cornice covering the joints; but the whole description is exceedingly obscure. SEE LEDGE.
2. îְëåֹðָä mekonah', or îְëåּðָä , mekunah', a foot-piece or stand upon which to place the lavers in the temple-service (1Ki_7:27-43, etc.). SEE LAVER.