H9001–/וַ–v

Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Yahweh this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard [ergänzt: the message] which you have sent to me: I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them; and you shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

The king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסִּעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Yahweh.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥בֶן (וַ) va “and”

For the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

וַיִּ֥בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

He built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

וַיִּ֤בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱחֹ֥ז (וַ) va “and”

The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַלֵּֽהוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַ֛ף (וַ) va “and”

He built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [ergänzt: of the ceiling]: he built [ergänzt: them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֤בֶן (וַ) va “and”

Within the oracle was [ergänzt: a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.

וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַ֥ף (וַ) va “and”

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

וַיְצַ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְעַבֵּ֞ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”