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Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

בַּעֲצֵ֥י (בַּ) ba. “in”וּבַעֲצֵ֥י (בַ) va. “in”

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for

בַּיָּם֙ (בַּ) ba “on the”

And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

בְשָׁנָֽה׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַלְּבָנ֔וֹן (בַ) va. “in <the>”בְּבֵית֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

בָּהָֽר׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

בָּעָ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “over the”בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.

בִשְׁמוֹנִ֣ים (בִ) vi “in”בַּשָּׁנָ֨ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בְּ) be. “in”

The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

בָּאַמָּ֛ה (בָּ) ba. “by the”

The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the hou

בָּאַמָּ֣ה (בָּ) ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”בָּאַמָּ֖ה (בָּ) ba. “by the”בְּקִֽירוֹת־ (בְּ) be. “in”

(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

בְּהִבָּ֣נֹת֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בַּבַּ֖יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “when”

The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.

וּבְלוּלִּ֗ים (בְ) ve. “by”

So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood.

בַּעֲצֵ֥י (בַּ) ba. “with”

About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

בְּחֻקֹּתַי֙ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּהֶ֑ם (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.

בְּת֖וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.

בְּצַלְע֣וֹת (בְּ) be. “with”בְּצַלְע֥וֹת (בְּ) be. “with”

And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

בְּצַלְע֣וֹת (בְּ) be. “with”

And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.

בָּאַמָּ֖ה (בָּ) ba. “by the”

And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

בְּתוֹךְ־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.

בְּרַתּוּק֤וֹת (בְּ) be. “with”

In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

בַּדְּבִ֔יר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

The two winged ones were ten cubits high, of the same size and form.

בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

The two of them were ten cubits high.

בָּֽאַמָּ֑ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

These were placed inside the inner house, their outstretched wings touching the walls of the house, one touching one wall and one the other, while their other wings were touching in the middle.

בְּת֣וֹךְ׀ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּקִּ֔יר (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”בַּקִּ֣יר (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.

בַּשָּׁנָה֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּיֶ֖רַח (בְּ) be. “in”