InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22
1 Ki 7 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47 V49 V51
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Lebanon (KI1 7:2)
OET-LV And_he/it_built DOM the_house_of the_forest_of (the)_Ləⱱānōn was_one_hundred cubit[s] length_of_its and_was_fifty cubit[s] breadth_of_its and_thirty cubit[s] height_of_its on four rows_of pillars_of cedar(s) and_beams_of cedar(s) were_on the_pillars.
OET (OET-RV) He built the ‘Levanon Forest Hall’ that was forty-six metres long, twenty-three metres wide, and fourteen metres high, with four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams sitting across the pillars.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
אֶת־בֵּ֣ית ׀ יַ֣עַר הַלְּבָנ֗וֹן
DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_built DOM house_of forest_of of_(the),Lebanon hundred cubits length_of,its and_[was],fifty cubits breadth_of,its and=thirty cubits height_of,its on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in four rows_of pillars_of cedar and,beams_of cedar on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,pillars )
This was not a House in which anyone lived. It was a great ceremonial hall in which Solomon kept his collection of shields and weapons. Solomon may also have hosted large public assemblies and royal ceremonies in this hall. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a term other than “house” to describe this building. Alternate translation: [the Forest of Lebanon Hall]
Note 2 topic: translate-bdistance
מֵאָ֨ה אַמָּ֤ה & וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ & וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה
hundred (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_built DOM house_of forest_of of_(the),Lebanon hundred cubits length_of,its and_[was],fifty cubits breadth_of,its and=thirty cubits height_of,its on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in four rows_of pillars_of cedar and,beams_of cedar on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,pillars )
See the discussion of the term “cubits” in the introduction to chapter 6, and see how you decided to describe the lengths that the author expresses in cubits in that chapter.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
עַ֗ל
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [The structure rested upon]
OET-LV And_he/it_built DOM the_house_of the_forest_of (the)_Ləⱱānōn was_one_hundred cubit[s] length_of_its and_was_fifty cubit[s] breadth_of_its and_thirty cubit[s] height_of_its on four rows_of pillars_of cedar(s) and_beams_of cedar(s) were_on the_pillars.
OET (OET-RV) He built the ‘Levanon Forest Hall’ that was forty-six metres long, twenty-three metres wide, and fourteen metres high, with four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams sitting across the pillars.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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