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1 Kings 5:13-16

13Andkingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe.lo.MohH8010raisedוַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927forcedlabourמַ֖סmasH4522out of allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478; and thelevyהַמַּ֔סha.MasH4522wasthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimH7970thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

14And hesentוַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣םvai.yish.la.ChemH7971them toLebanonלְבָנ֗וֹנָהle.va.No.nahH3844,tenעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֤ים'a.la.FimH505amonthבַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ba.Cho.deshH2320bycoursesחֲלִיפ֔וֹתcha.li.FotH2487: amonthחֹ֚דֶשׁCho.deshH2320they were inLebanonבַלְּבָנ֔וֹןva.le.va.NonH3844, andtwoשְׁנַ֥יִםshe.Na.yimH8147monthsחֳדָשִׁ֖יםcho.da.ShimH2320athomeבְּבֵית֑וֹbe.vei.ToH1004: andAdoniramוַאֲדֹנִירָ֖םva.'a.do.ni.RamH141was over the forcedlabourהַמַּֽס׃ סha.MasH4522.

15AndSolomonH8010hadseventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImH7657thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505thatboreנֹשֵׂ֣אno.Se'H5375burdensסַבָּ֑לsa.BalH5449, andeightyוּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםu.she.mo.NimH8084thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505hewersחֹצֵ֥בcho.TzevH2672in themountainsבָּהָֽר׃ba.HarH2022;

16Besides thechiefמִשָּׂרֵ֨יmi.sa.ReiH8269ofSolomon’sH8010officersהַנִּצָּבִ֤יםha.ni.tza.VimH5324who were over theworkהַמְּלָאכָ֔הha.me.la.KhahH4399,threeשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505andthreeוּשְׁלֹ֣שׁu.she.LoshH7969hundredמֵא֑וֹתme.'otH3967, whoruledהָרֹדִ֣יםha.ro.DimH7287over thepeopleבָּעָ֔םba.'AmH5971thatwroughtהָעֹשִׂ֖יםha.'o.SimH6213in theworkבַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃ba.me.la.KhahH4399.

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