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And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'aland he raised
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to ascend: establish
Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 37:28, Genesis 46:4, Genesis 50:24, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927H; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 1
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 2
שְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe.lo.MohSolomon
Lemma: שְׁלֹמֹה (she.lo.moh) · Strong's: H8010
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Solomon
Used 293 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:14, 2 Samuel 12:24, 1 Kings 1:10, 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 1:12, 1 Kings 1:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8010; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 3
מַ֖סmasforced labor
Lemma: מַס (mas) · Strong's: H4522
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: taskworker
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 49:15, Exodus 1:11, Deuteronomy 20:11, Joshua 16:10, Joshua 17:13, Judges 1:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4522; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 4
מִכָּל\־mi.kolfrom all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 5
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 6
וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 7
הַמַּ֔סha.Masthe forced labor
Lemma: מַס (mas) · Strong's: H4522
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: taskworker
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 49:15, Exodus 1:11, Deuteronomy 20:11, Joshua 16:10, Joshua 17:13, Judges 1:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4522; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 8
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.Shimthirty
Lemma: שְׁלֹשִׁים (she.lo.shim) · Strong's: H7970
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: thirty
Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7970; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 9
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousand
Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: thousand
Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 10
אִֽישׁ\׃'Ishman
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:13 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| Solomon | → | שְׁלֹמֹה H8010 Solomon |
| conscripted | → | עָלָה H5927H to ascend: establish |
| a labor force | → | מַס H4522 taskworker |
| . . . | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| of 30,000 | → | שְׁלֹשִׁים H7970 thirty |
| . . . | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| men | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| from all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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