1 Kings

1 Kings 5:17

¹⁷And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the king	הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
commanded them	וַיְצַ֣ו	way·ṣaw	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
to quarry	וַיַּסִּעוּ֩	way·yas·si·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5265 pull out or up, set out, journey
large	גְּדֹל֜וֹת	gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H1419 great
costly	יְקָר֛וֹת	yə·qā·rō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H3368 precious, rare, splendid, weighty
stones	אֲבָנִ֨ים	’ă·ḇā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone
to lay the foundation	לְיַסֵּ֥ד	lə·yas·sêḏ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H3245 establish, found, fix
of the temple	הַבָּ֖יִת	hab·bā·yiṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1004 house
with dressed	גָזִֽית׃	ḡā·zîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1496 a cutting, hewing
stones	אֲבָנִ֧ים	’ă·ḇā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone

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