Commentary for I Kings 7:32
וְאַרְבַּ֣עַת הָאֽוֹפַנִּ֗ים לְמִתַּ֙חַת֙ לַֽמִּסְגְּר֔וֹת וִיד֥וֹת הָאֽוֹפַנִּ֖ים בַּמְּכוֹנָ֑ה וְקוֹמַת֙ הָאוֹפַ֣ן הָאֶחָ֔ד אַמָּ֖ה וַחֲצִ֥י הָאַמָּֽה׃
And the four wheels were underneath the borders; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
Rashi on I Kings
The four wheels were underneath the frames. Because the frames [reached] from the axle of one wheel to the axle of the other wheel, as I have explained.51Above v. 28.
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Rashi on I Kings
And the axles of the wheels. That is the wood which is inserted into the wheels and is called, essieu in [O.F.]
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Rashi on I Kings
Were in the base. The axles were joined and melted to the base in one pouring.
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