וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים בָּאַמָּ֖ה הָיָ֣ה הַבָּ֑יִת ה֖וּא הַהֵיכָ֥ל לִפְנָֽי׃
And the house, that is, the temple before [the Sanctuary], was forty cubits long.
Read kabbalistic (mystical) interpretation of I Kings 6:17: and classical mystical sources.
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים בָּאַמָּ֖ה הָיָ֣ה הַבָּ֑יִת ה֖וּא הַהֵיכָ֥ל לִפְנָֽי׃
And the house, that is, the temple before [the Sanctuary], was forty cubits long.
Read kabbalistic (mystical) interpretation of I Kings 6:17: and classical mystical sources.