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1 Kings 5:13-16

13Then Kingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe.lo.MohH8010conscriptedוַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927a labor forceמַ֖ס וַיְהִ֣יmas vay.HiH4522 H1961הַמַּ֔סha.MasH4522of 30,000שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶףshe.lo.Shim 'E.lefH7970 H505menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376from allמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

14He sent themוַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣םvai.yish.la.ChemH7971to Lebanonלְבָנ֗וֹנָהle.va.No.nahH3844in monthlyבַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ba.Cho.deshH2320shiftsחֲלִיפ֔וֹתcha.li.FotH2487of 10,000עֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֤ים'a.Se.ret 'a.la.FimH6235 H505men,so that they would spendיִהְי֣וּyih.YuH1961one monthחֹ֚דֶשׁCho.deshH2320in Lebanonבַלְּבָנ֔וֹןva.le.va.NonH3844andtwoשְׁנַ֥יִםshe.Na.yimH8147monthsחֳדָשִׁ֖יםcho.da.ShimH2320at homeבְּבֵית֑וֹbe.vei.ToH1004.And Adoniramוַאֲדֹנִירָ֖םva.'a.do.ni.RamH141wasin chargeעַל־'al-H5921of the forced laborהַמַּֽס׃ סha.MasH4522.

15SolomonH8010hadH196170,000שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶףshiv.'Im 'E.lefH7657 H505portersנֹשֵׂ֣א סַבָּ֑לno.Se' sa.BalH5375 H5449and 80,000וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶףu.she.mo.Nim 'E.lefH8084 H505stonecuttersחֹצֵ֥בcho.TzevH2672in the mountainsבָּהָֽר׃ba.HarH2022,

16not includingלְ֠בַדLe.vadH905hisH8010אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH8343,300אֲלָפִ֖ים מֵא֑וֹת'a.la.Fim me.'otH7969 H505 H3967foremenמִשָּׂרֵ֨י הַנִּצָּבִ֤ים עַל־ הַמְּלָאכָ֔הmi.sa.Rei ha.ni.tza.Vim 'al- ha.me.la.KhahH8269 H5324 H5921 H4399who supervisedהָרֹדִ֣יםha.ro.DimH7287the workersבָּעָ֔ם הָעֹשִׂ֖ים בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃ba.'Am ha.'o.Sim ba.me.la.KhahH5971 H6213 H4399.

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