H9005–/ל–l

And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

As to this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and practise mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then will I perform my word as to thee which I spoke unto David thy father;

לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built [supplied: them] for it within, to [supplied: be] the oracle, the most holy place.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for <the>”לִדְבִ֔יר (לִ) li “to”לְקֹ֖דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “to”

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [supplied: long].

לִפְנָֽי׃ (לִ) li “<to>”

And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

לְתִתֵּ֣ן (לְ) le. “to”

And the oracle within was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the cedar-wood altar --

וְלִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

and Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, and shut off the oracle in front with chains of gold, and overlaid it with gold.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, the whole house entirely; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

לַדְּבִ֖יר (לַ) la. “[belonged] to the”

and the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

לִשְׁנֵ֥י (לִ) li “[belonged] to”

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved sculptures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers, within and without.

מִלִּפְנִ֖ים (לִּ) li “to”וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃ (לַ) la. “to the”

And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

לִפְנִ֖ימָה (לִ) li “to”וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃ (לַ) la. “to the”

And he also made for the doorway of the temple posts of olive-wood, of the fourth part [supplied: of the breadth of the house].

לְפֶ֥תַח (לְ) le. “for”

and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished in all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So he was seven years in building it.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. And he made, like to this porch, a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken.

לָֽאוּלָ֔ם (לָֽ) la. “to the”לְבַת־ (לְ) le. “for”

And above were costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, and cedar.

וּמִלְמַ֗עְלָה (לְ) l. “to”

And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar-beams; and so it was for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

וְלַחֲצַ֧ר (לַ) la. “to”וּלְאֻלָ֥ם (לְ) le. “to”

He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was full of wisdom and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and made all his work.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits;

לָתֵ֛ת (לָ) la. “to”

[supplied: and] nets of checker-work, wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.

לַכֹּ֣תָרֹ֔ת (לַ) la. “[belonged] to the”לַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת (לַ) la. “for the”לַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת (לַ) la. “for the”

And he made pomegranates, namely two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars; and so he did for the other capital.

לְכַסּ֤וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לַכֹּתֶ֖רֶת (לַ) la. “for the”

And the capitals upon the two pillars, above also, close to the enlargement which was behind the network, had two hundred pomegranates in rows round about, [supplied: also] on the other capital.

מִלְּעֻמַּ֣ת (לְּ) le. “to”לְעֵ֣בֶר (לְ) le. “[was] to”

And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

לְאֻלָ֖ם (לְ) le. “of”

And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.

לִשְׂפָת֤וֹ׀ (לִ) li “to”

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

מִלְמָ֑עְלָה (לְ) l. “to”

And the work of the bases was this: they had panels, and the panels were between the fillets.

לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to <the>”