1 Kings 5:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Solomon had seventy thousand men who carried burdens and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֧י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֛ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף נֹשֵׂ֣א סַבָּ֑ל וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף חֹצֵ֥ב בָּהָֽר׃

Transliteration

And-yəhî to-Šəlōmōh šivʿîm ʾelef nōśēʾ sabbāl and-šəmōnîm ʾelef ḥōṣēv in-the-hār

Grammar Details

• *yəhî*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with vav consecutive - there was
• *Šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
• *šivʿîm*: numeral - seventy
• *ʾelef*: noun, masculine singular - thousand
• *nōśēʾ*: participle, Qal masculine singular construct - bearers of
• *sabbāl*: noun, masculine singular - burden
• *šəmōnîm*: numeral - eighty
• *ḥōṣēv*: participle, Qal masculine singular - quarrying/cutting
• *hār*: noun, masculine singular with prefix and article - in the mountain/hill

Word Meanings

• *nōśēʾ* *sabbāl*: burden bearers/porters/load carriers
• *ḥōṣēv*: quarrying/cutting/hewing stone
• *hār*: mountain/hill/hill country