16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 5:16:1 ⧉לְבַדlevadbesides 1 Kings 5:16:2 ⧉מִשְּׂרֵ֨יmisserethe overseers of 1 Kings 5:16:3 ⧉הַנִּצָּבִ֤יםhanitstsavimthe stationed officers 1 Kings 5:16:4 ⧉לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙lishlomofor Solomon 1 Kings 5:16:5 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwho 1 Kings 5:16:6 ⧉עַל־הַמְּלָאכָ֔הalhamelakhaover the work 1 Kings 5:16:7 ⧉שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתsheloshetthree 1 Kings 5:16:8 ⧉אֲלָפִ֖יםalafimthousands 1 Kings 5:16:9 ⧉וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁusheloshand three 1 Kings 5:16:10 ⧉מֵא֑וֹתmeothundreds 1 Kings 5:16:11 ⧉הָרֹדִ֗יםharodimthe ones ruling 1 Kings 5:16:12 ⧉בָּעָם֙baamover the people 1 Kings 5:16:13 ⧉הָעֹשִׂ֣יםhaosimthe ones doing 1 Kings 5:16:14 ⧉בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃bamelakhain the work |
16. Formal Translation Besides these, Solomon’s chief officers over the work—three thousand and three hundred—ruled over the people doing the work. |
16. Dynamic Translation Besides these, Solomon’s chief officers in charge of the project numbered three thousand and three hundred, and they supervised the workers carrying out the construction. |