H9002–/וְ–v

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

וּבֹנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְאַרְבַּ֣ע (וְ) ve. “and”

The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.

וְהַבַּ֗יִת (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְהָאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

וְלַדְּבִ֑יר (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔ית (וְ) ve. “and”

(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.)

וְהַבַּ֙יִת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַקָּב֤וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְהַגַּרְזֶן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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 (וּ) u. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

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

וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)

וְאֶ֤רֶז (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְטוּרֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וּדְבִ֧יר (וּ) u. “and”

And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.

וְלִפְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֧ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).

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

With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.

וְחָמֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְעֶ֙שֶׂר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקֶ֥צֶב (וְ) ve. “and”

The two of them were ten cubits high.

וְכֵ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּכְנַף֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the walls of the house inside and out were ornamented with forms of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers.

וְאֵת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִֽמֹרֹ֔ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְטוּרֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the floor of the house was covered with gold, inside and out.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood, the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

On the olive-wood doors were cut designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, all of them, with the doors, plated with gold.

וּשְׁתֵּי֮ (וּ) u. “and”וְתִמֹר֛וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְטוּרֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he made pillars of olive-wood for the way into the Temple; the pillars were square:

וְכֵ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”