Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 5:15 Interlinear

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֧יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2לִשְׁלֹמֹ֛הH8010And Solomonshelomah, david's successor
3שִׁבְעִ֥יםH7657had threescore and tenseventy
4אֶ֖לֶףH505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
5נֹשֵׂ֣אH5375that bareto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
6סַבָּ֑לH5449burdensa porter
7וּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםH8084and fourscoreeighty, also eightieth
8אֶ֖לֶףH505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
9חֹצֵ֥בH2672hewersto cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
10בָּהָֽר׃H2022in the mountainsa mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

Verse Context

1 Kings 5:14And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a month by courses...
1 Kings 5:15 (current) And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains
1 Kings 5:16 Beside the chief officers of Solomon's ...

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