Description: Impost blocks of two capitals situated at the entrance to the choir
Text field for the north capital = 50cm
Reference: The two names carved on the impost blocks refer to the two columns erected in the vestibule of the temple of Jerusalem, respectively named Jachin and Booz: Et statuit duas columnas in porticu templi; cumque statuisset et columnam dexteram, vocavit eam nomine Jachin; similiter erexit columnam secundam, et vocavit nomen ejus Booz (III Kings 7,21). [And he set up the two pillars in the porch of the temple: and when he had set up the pillar on the right hand, he called the name thereof Jachin: in like manner he set up the second pillar, and called the name thereof Booz.]
This comparison places the church as a successor to the temple of Jerusalem. Jachin signifies "he strengthens" in Hebrew. The word is used in several other books in the Bible: Genesis 46, 10: The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar, and Saul the son of a woman of Chanaan; Exodus 6, 15: These are the kindreds of Ruben. The sons of Simeon: Jamuel, and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin, and Soar, and Saul the son of a Chanaanitess: these are the families of Simeon; Numbers 26, 12: The sons of Simeon by their kindreds: Namuel, of him is the family of the Namuelites: Jamin, of him is the family of the Jaminites: Jachin, of him is the family of the Jachinites.
Booz can be interpreted as "in him the force". The same name with a similar meaning is found in Ruth 2, 1: Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.
The two words toget mean: God establishes in strength. The early symbolism applies to the origin of the temple of Jerusalem and the people of Israel, and is reprised here in favor of the church, the temple of God, the Church, the people of God.