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1 Kings 6:5-8

5Andagainstthewallקִ֨ירkirH7023ofthehouseהַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitH1004hebuiltH1129floorsroundH5439about, [against]thewallsקִיר֤וֹתki.RotH7023ofthehouseהַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitH1004,roundH5439aboutthetempleandtheoracle;andhemadeH6213side-chambersroundH5439about.

6Thelowestfloorwasfiveחָמֵ֧שׁcha.MeshH2568cubitsבָּאַמָּ֣הba.'a.MahH520broad,andthemiddleוְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙ve.ha.ti.kho.NahH8484onewassixשֵׁ֤שׁsheshH8337cubitsבָּֽאַמָּה֙ba.'a.MahH520broad,andthethirdוְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔יתve.Ha.she.li.ShitH7992wassevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651cubitsבָּאַמָּ֖הba.'a.MahH520broad;forinthe[thicknessofthewallבְּקִֽירוֹת־be.ki.rot-H7023of]thehouseלַבַּ֤יִתla.Ba.yitH1004hemadeH5414resetsroundH5439aboutoutside,thatnothingshouldbefastenedinthewallsH7023ofthehouseהַבָּֽיִת׃ha.Ba.yitH1004.

7Andthehouseוְהַבַּ֙יִת֙ve.ha.Ba.yitH1004,whenitwasbeingbuiltH1129,wasbuiltH1129ofstoneאֶֽבֶן־'e.ven-H68entirelymadereadybeforeitwasbrought thither;sothattherewasneitherhammerוּמַקָּב֤וֹתu.ma.ka.VotH4717noraxeוְהַגַּרְזֶן֙ve.ha.gar.ZenH1631noranytoolofironבַרְזֶ֔לvar.ZelH1270heardH8085inthehouseבַּבַּ֖יִתba.Ba.yitH1004whileitwasbeingbuiltH1129.

8Theentranceפֶּ֗תַחPe.tachH6607totheside-chambersofthemiddleהַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔הha.Ti.kho.NahH8484[floor]wasintherightH3233sideכֶּ֥תֶףKe.tefH3802ofthehouseהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004;andtheywentH5927upbywindingstairsintothemiddleהַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔הha.Ti.kho.NahH8484[floor],andoutofthemiddleהַתִּֽיכֹנָ֖הha.ti.kho.NahH8484intothethirdH7992.

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