1 Kings 5:15 Go deeper

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; (KJV)

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וַיְהִ֧יvay.Hiand it belonged

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 5:15 word 1

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֛הlish.lo.Mohto Solomon

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 5:15 word 2

שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'Imseventy

Lemma: שִׁבְעִים (shiv.im) · Strong's: H7657

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: seventy

Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:12, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7657; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:15 word 3

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 5:15 word 4

נֹשֵׂ֣אno.Se'carrier[s]

Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375W

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to lift: bearing(armour)

Used 21 times. Also: Judges 9:54, 1 Samuel 14:7, 1 Samuel 14:12, 1 Samuel 14:13, 1 Samuel 14:14, 1 Samuel 14:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5375W; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:15 word 5

סַבָּ֑לsa.Balburden-bearer[s]

Lemma: סַבָּל (sab.bal) · Strong's: H5449

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: burden

Used 5 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 2:18, 2 Chronicles 34:13, Nehemiah 4:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5449; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:15 word 6

וּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםu.she.mo.Nimand eighty

Lemma: שְׁמֹנִים (she.mo.nim) · Strong's: H8084

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: eighty

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:28, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 35:28, Exodus 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8084; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:15 word 7

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 5:15 word 8

חֹצֵ֥בcho.Tzevstone-cutter[s]

Lemma: חָצַב (cha.tsav) · Strong's: H2672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to hew

Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:9, 2 Kings 12:12, 1 Chronicles 22:2, 1 Chronicles 22:15, 2 Chronicles 2:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2672; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:15 word 9

בָּהָֽר\׃ba.Harin the hill country

Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: mountain: hill country

Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 10:30, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2022H; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:15 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Solomon	→	שְׁלֹמֹה H8010 Solomon
had	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
70,000 {}	→	שִׁבְעִים H7657 seventy
. . .	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
porters	→	נָשָׂא H5375W to lift: bearing(armour)
. . .	→	סַבָּל H5449 burden
and 80,000 {}	→	שְׁמֹנִים H8084 eighty
. . .	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
stonecutters	→	חָצַב H2672 to hew
in the mountains	→	הַר H2022H mountain: hill country

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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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