H9001–/וַ–v

And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth his servants unto Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him for king instead of his father, for Hiram was a lover of David all the days;

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

and Solomon sendeth unto Hiram, saying,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass at Hiram's hearing the words of Solomon, that he rejoiceth exceedingly, and saith, `Blessed `is' Jehovah to-day, who hath given to David a wise son over this numerous people.'

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

And Hiram sendeth unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me, I do all thy desire concerning cedar-wood, and fir-wood,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

my servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that thou sendest unto me, and I have spread them out there; and thou dost take `them' up, and thou dost execute my desire, to give the food of my house.'

וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire,

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah hath given wisdom to Solomon as He spake to him, and there is peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they make a covenant both of them.

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

And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men,

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

and he sendeth them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by changes, a month they are in Lebanon, two months in their own house; and Adoniram `is' over the tribute.

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;

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

and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.

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

And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year -- in the month of Zif, it `is' the second month -- of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah.

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

and he maketh for the house windows of narrow lights.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, `even' the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides round about.

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

And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house `with' beams and rows of cedars.

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

And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits `is' its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.

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

And the word of Jehovah is unto Solomon, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

`This house that thou art building -- if thou dost walk in My statutes, and My judgments dost do, yea, hast done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father,

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

and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.'

וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it;

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

and he buildeth the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling; he hath overlaid with wood the inside, and covereth the floor of the house with ribs of fir.

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

And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.

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

And before the oracle `is' twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits `is' its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar.

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

And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth `it' to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold.

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