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And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. (KJV)

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וַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he appointed

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 1

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 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 2

אֶ֙לֶף֙'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 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 3

סַבָּ֔לsa.Balburden-bearer[s]

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

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

Meaning: burden

Used 5 times. Also: 1 Kings 5:15, 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 34:13, Nehemiah 4:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5449; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 4

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 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 5

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 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 6

חֹצֵ֣בcho.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, 1 Kings 5:15, 2 Kings 12:12, 1 Chronicles 22:2, 1 Chronicles 22:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2672; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 7

בָּהָ֑רba.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 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 8

וּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁתu.she.Lo.shetand three

Lemma: שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) · Strong's: H7969

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: three

Used 429 times. Also: Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7969; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 9

אֲלָפִים֙'a.la.Fimthousand<s>

Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Absolute (HNcbpa)

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 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 10

וְשֵׁ֣שׁve.Sheshand six

Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: six

Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 11

מֵא֔וֹתme.'othundred<s>

Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: hundred

Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 12

מְנַצְּחִ֖יםme.na.tze.Chimoverseers

Lemma: נָצַח (na.tsach) · Strong's: H5329

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)

Meaning: to conduct

Used 65 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 15:21, 1 Chronicles 23:4, 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 34:12, 2 Chronicles 34:13, Ezra 3:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5329; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 13

לְהַעֲבִ֥ידle.ha.'a.Vidto compel to labor

Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647G

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)

Meaning: to serve

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 27:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5647G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 14

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 15

הָעָֽם\׃ha.'Amthe people

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

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

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 2:18 word 16

How the BSB renders it

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

Solomon made	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
. . .	→
70,000 of them	→	שִׁבְעִים H7657 seventy
. . .	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
porters	→	סַבָּל H5449 burden
80,000 {}	→	שְׁמֹנִים H8084 eighty
. . .	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
stonecutters	→	חָצַב H2672 to hew
in the mountains	→	הַר H2022H mountain: hill country
and 3,600	→	שָׁלֹשׁ H7969 three
. . .	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
. . .	→	שֵׁשׁ H8337 six
. . .	→	מֵאָה H3967 hundred
supervisors	→	נָצַח H5329 to conduct
. . .	→	עָבַד H5647G to serve
. . .	→	עַם H5971A people

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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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