14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 5:14:1 ⧉וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣םvayishlakhemand he sent them 1 Kings 5:14:2 ⧉לְבָנ֗וֹנָהlevanonato Lebanon 1 Kings 5:14:3 ⧉עֲשֶׂ֨רֶתaseretten of 1 Kings 5:14:4 ⧉אֲלָפִ֤יםalafimthousands 1 Kings 5:14:5 ⧉בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙bakhodeshin the month 1 Kings 5:14:6 ⧉חֲלִיפֹ֔וֹתkhalifootin shifts 1 Kings 5:14:7 ⧉חֹ֣דֶשׁkhodesha month 1 Kings 5:14:8 ⧉יִהְי֥וּyihheyuthey would be 1 Kings 5:14:9 ⧉בַּלְּבָנ֖וֹןballevanonin Lebanon 1 Kings 5:14:10 ⧉שְׁנַ֣יִםshenayimtwo 1 Kings 5:14:11 ⧉חֳדָשִׁ֔יםkhodashimmonths 1 Kings 5:14:12 ⧉בְּבֵית֖וֹbevetoin his house 1 Kings 5:14:13 ⧉וַאֲדֹנִירָ֛םvaadoniramand Adoniram 1 Kings 5:14:14 ⧉עַל־הַמַּ֖ס׃סalhamasover the forced labor |
14. Formal Translation And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand in monthly shifts; they were in Lebanon for one month and at home for two months, and Adoniram was over the forced labor. |
14. Dynamic Translation He sent them to Lebanon in rotating shifts of ten thousand each month; they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at their homes, and Adoniram oversaw the forced labor. |