1 Kings 10:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֤וֹת מָֽגִנִּים֙ זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֔וּט שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת מָנִים֙ זָהָ֔ב יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־הַמָּגֵ֣ן הָאֶחָ֑ת וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בֵּ֖ית יַ֥עַר הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ פ

Transliteration

And shelosh-meʾot maginnim zahav shaḥut; sheloshet manim zahav yaʿaleh on-the magen the eḥat; wa-yittenem the melek [in] beyt yaʿar the Levanon.

Grammar Details

*shelosh*: number, feminine - three
*meʾot*: number, feminine plural - hundreds
*maginnim*: noun, masculine plural - shields
*zahav*: noun, masculine, singular - gold
*shaḥut*: Qal passive participle, masculine singular - beaten/hammered
*sheloshet*: number, feminine construct - three of
*manim*: noun, masculine plural - minas/pounds
*yaʿaleh*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he applied/went up
*magen*: noun, masculine, singular - shield
*eḥat*: number, feminine - one
*wa-yittenem*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he placed them
*beyt*: noun, masculine, singular construct - house of
*yaʿar*: noun, masculine, singular construct - forest of
*Levanon*: proper noun - Lebanon

Word Meanings

*maginnim*: shields/bucklers
*shaḥut*: beaten/hammered/drawn
*manim*: minas/pounds (weight measurement)
*yaʿaleh*: applied/went up/required
*yaʿar*: forest/wooded area

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 7:2 : 2 For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
1 Kgs 14:26 : 26 and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

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