H9002–/וְ–v

Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

וּמַדָּע֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵֽצְאָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְאָב֑וֹאָה (וְ) ve. “so”

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you ma

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָבוֹד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַדָּ֔ע (וּ) u. “and”

Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

וְהַמַּדָּ֖ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֹ֨שֶׁר (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְכָסִ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”וְכָבוֹד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

וּפָרָשִׁים֒ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַרְבַּע־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנֵים־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

וּמוֹצָ֧א (וּ) u. “and”וּמִקְוֵ֕א (וּ) u. “and”

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

וְס֖וּס (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠כֵן (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּמַלְכֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

וּבַ֖יִת (וּ) u. “and”

And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

וּשְׁמוֹנִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”וּמְנַצְּחִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the

וּמַעֲרֶ֨כֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְעֹלוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָעֶ֔רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֶ֣חֳדָשִׁ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽלְמוֹעֲדֵ֖י (וּֽ) u. “and”

And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

וְהַבַּ֛יִת (וְ) ve. “and”

But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him

וּמִ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּמִ֤י (וּ) u. “and”

So now send me an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron? in purple and red and blue, and in the cutting of all sorts of ornament, to be with the expert workmen who are here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David got together.

וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַכֶּ֜סֶף (וּ) u. “and”וּבַנְּחֹ֣שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”וּבַבַּרְזֶ֗ל (וּ) u. “and”וּבָֽאַרְגְּוָן֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְכַרְמִ֣יל (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְכֵ֔לֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְיֹדֵ֖עַ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”

And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

וּֽשְׁלַֽח־ (וּֽ) u. “and”וְאַלְגּוּמִּים֮ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

וּלְהָכִ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”וְהַפְלֵֽא׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂעֹרִ֕ים (וּ) u. “and”וְיַ֗יִן (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֶׁ֕מֶן (וְ) ve. “and”

And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִינָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבַ֖יִת (וּ) u. “and”

And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the inv

וְאָבִ֣יו (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֠בַכֶּסֶף (וּ֠) U. “and”וּבָעֵצִ֗ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבַבּ֣וּץ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַכַּרְמִ֔יל (וּ) u. “and”וּלְפַתֵּ֙חַ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלַחְשֹׁ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽחַכְמֵ֔י (וְֽ) ve. “and”

So now let my lord send to his servants the grain and the oil and the wine as my lord has said;

וְ֠עַתָּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיַּ֙יִן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

וַ֠אֲנַחְנוּ (וַ֠) Va. “and”וּנְבִיאֵ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”וְאַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.

וַחֲמִשִּׁים֙ (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.

וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹ֖חַב (וְ) ve. “and”

And the covered way in front of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and a hundred and twenty cubits high, all plated inside with the best gold.

וְהָאוּלָ֡ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”