Revised Version 1895

1 Kings 6:2-10

2And thehouseוְהַבַּ֗יִתve.ha.Ba.yitH1004whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohH8010builtבָּנָ֜הba.NahH1129for theLORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068, thelengthאָרְכּ֖וֹ'a.re.KoH753thereof was threescorecubitsאַמָּ֥ה'a.MahH520, and thebreadthרָחְבּ֑וֹra.che.BoH7341thereoftwentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.RimH6242cubitsאַמָּ֖ה'a.MahH520, and theheightקוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ko.ma.ToH6967thereofthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970cubitsH520.

3And theporchוְהָאוּלָ֗םve.ha.'u.LamH197beforeH6440thetempleH1004of thehouseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,twentyעֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.RimH6242cubitsאַמָּה֙'a.MahH520was thelengthאָרְכּ֔וֹ'a.re.KoH753thereof,accordingH5921to thebreadthרֹ֣חַבRo.chavH7341of thehouseהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004; andtenעֶ֧שֶׂר'E.serH6235cubitsבָּאַמָּ֛הba.'a.MahH520was thebreadthרָחְבּ֖וֹra.che.BoH7341thereofbeforeH6440thehouseהַבָּֽיִת׃ha.Ba.yitH1004.

4And for thehouseלַבָּ֔יִתla.Ba.yitH1004hemadeוַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213windowsחַלּוֹנֵ֖יcha.lo.NeiH2474of fixed lattice-work.

5AndagainstH5921thewallקִ֨ירkirH7023of thehouseהַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitH1004hebuiltוַיִּבֶן֩vai.yi.VenH1129storiesצְלָע֖וֹתtze.la.'otH6763roundH5439aboutH5439,againstH5921thewallsקִיר֤וֹתki.RotH7023of thehouseהַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitH1004roundH5439aboutH5439,bothH5921of thetempleH1004and of the oracle: and hemadeוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213side-chambersroundH5439aboutH5439:

6The nethermost story wasfiveחָמֵ֧שׁcha.MeshH2568cubitsבָּאַמָּ֣הba.'a.MahH520broad, and themiddleוְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙ve.ha.ti.kho.NahH8484wassixשֵׁ֤שׁsheshH8337cubitsבָּֽאַמָּה֙ba.'a.MahH520broad, and thethirdוְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔יתve.Ha.she.li.ShitH7992wassevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651cubitsבָּאַמָּ֖הba.'a.MahH520broad: for on theoutsideח֔וּצָהChu.tzahH2351hemadeנָתַ֨ןna.TanH5414rebatements in thewallבְּקִֽירוֹת־be.ki.rot-H7023of thehouseלַבַּ֤יִתla.Ba.yitH1004roundH5439aboutH5439, that the beams shouldnotלְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.TiH1115haveholdאֲחֹ֥ז'a.ChozH270in thewallsH7023of thehouseהַבָּֽיִת׃ha.Ba.yitH1004.

7And thehouseוְהַבַּ֙יִת֙ve.ha.Ba.yitH1004, when it was inbuildingבְּהִבָּ֣נֹת֔וֹbe.hi.Ba.no.ToH1129, wasbuiltנִבְנָ֑הniv.NahH1129ofstoneאֶֽבֶן־'e.ven-H68madeH3605ready at the quarry: and there wasneitherH3808hammerוּמַקָּב֤וֹתu.ma.ka.VotH4717norH3808axeוְהַגַּרְזֶן֙ve.ha.gar.ZenH1631norH3808anyH3605toolכְּלִ֣יke.LiH3627ofironבַרְזֶ֔לvar.ZelH1270heardנִשְׁמַ֥עnish.Ma'H8085in thehouseבַּבַּ֖יִתba.Ba.yitH1004,whileH1004it was inbuildingבְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃be.hi.ba.no.ToH1129.

8Thedoorפֶּ֗תַחPe.tachH6607for themiddleהַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔הha.Ti.kho.NahH8484side-chambers was in therightהַיְמָנִ֑יתhay.ma.NitH3233sideכֶּ֥תֶףKe.tefH3802of thehouseהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004: and theywentH5927upH5927bywindingH3883stairsH3883intoאֶל־'el-H413themiddleהַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔הha.Ti.kho.NahH8484chambersהַצֵּלָע֙ha.tze.La'H6763, andoutוּמִן־u.min-H4480of themiddleהַתִּֽיכֹנָ֖הha.ti.kho.NahH8484intoאֶל־'el-H413thethirdהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁים׃ha.she.li.ShimH7992.

9SoH853hebuiltוַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129thehouseהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, andfinishedוַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּvay.kha.Le.huH3615it; and hecoveredוַיִּסְפֹּ֤ןvai.yis.PonH5603thehouseהַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitH1004with beams andplanksוּשְׂדֵרֹ֖תu.se.de.RotH7713of cedar.

10And hebuiltוַיִּ֤בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129the storiesagainstעַל־'al-H5921allH3605thehouseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,eachH3605fiveחָמֵ֥שׁcha.MeshH2568cubitsאַמּ֖וֹת'a.MotH520highקֽוֹמָת֑וֹko.ma.ToH6967: and they rested on thehouseהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004withtimberבַּעֲצֵ֥יba.'a.TzeiH6086ofcedarאֲרָזִֽים׃ פ'a.ra.ZimH730.

Read all of 1 Kings 6

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain