1 Kings 5:18 Go deeper
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And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them , and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. (KJV)
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וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּvai.yif.se.Luand they cut [them] to shape
Lemma: פָּסַל (pa.sal) · Strong's: H6458
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to hew
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 34:1, Exodus 34:4, Deuteronomy 10:1, Deuteronomy 10:3, Habakkuk 2:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6458; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 1
בֹּנֵ֧יbo.Nei[the] builders of
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 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 5:18 word 3
וּבֹנֵ֥יu.vo.Neiand [the] builders of
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 4
חִיר֖וֹםchi.RomHiram
Lemma: חִירָם (chi.ram) · Strong's: H2438G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hiram
Used 18 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Kings 5:2, 1 Kings 5:7, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2438G; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 5
וְהַגִּבְלִ֑יםve.ha.giv.Limand the Gebalites
Lemma: גִּבְלִי (giv.li) · Strong's: H1382
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Gebalite
Used 2 times. Also: Joshua 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1382; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 6
וַיָּכִ֛ינוּvai.ya.Khi.nuand they prepared
Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)
Meaning: to establish: prepare
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 23:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3559A; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 7
הָעֵצִ֥יםha.'e.Tzimthe wood<s>
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: tree: wood
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086G; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 8
וְהָאֲבָנִ֖יםve.ha.'a.va.Nimand the stones
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: stone
Used 259 times. Also: Genesis 2:12, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 29:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068G; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 9
לִבְנ֥וֹתliv.Notto build
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 10
הַבָּֽיִת\׃\ \פha.Ba.yitthe house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 5:18 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Solomon’s | → | שְׁלֹמֹה H8010 Solomon |
| and Hiram’s | → | חִירָם H2438G Hiram |
| builders | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| along with the Gebalites | → | גִּבְלִי H1382 Gebalite |
| quarried the stone | → | פָּסַל H6458 to hew |
| and prepared | → | כּוּן H3559A to establish: prepare |
| the timber | → | עֵץ H6086G tree: wood |
| and stone | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone |
| for the construction | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| of the temple | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
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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