1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 6:1:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֣יvayehiand it happened 1 Kings 6:1:2 ⧉בִשְׁמוֹנִ֣יםvishmonimin eighty 1 Kings 6:1:3 ⧉שָׁנָ֣הshanayear 1 Kings 6:1:4 ⧉וְאַרְבַּ֣עvearbaand four 1 Kings 6:1:5 ⧉מֵא֣וֹתmeothundreds of 1 Kings 6:1:6 ⧉שָׁנָ֡הshanayear 1 Kings 6:1:7 ⧉לְצֵ֣אתletsetto the going out of 1 Kings 6:1:8 ⧉בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לbeneiyisraelsons of Israel 1 Kings 6:1:9 ⧉מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם֩meeretsmitsrayimfrom the land of Egypt 1 Kings 6:1:10 ⧉בַּשָּׁנָ֨הbashanain the year 1 Kings 6:1:11 ⧉הָרְבִיעִ֜יתharveiitthe fourth 1 Kings 6:1:12 ⧉בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁbekhodeshin month of 1 Kings 6:1:13 ⧉זִ֗וzivZiv 1 Kings 6:1:14 ⧉ה֚וּאhuhe is or which is 1 Kings 6:1:15 ⧉הַחֹ֣דֶשׁhakhodeshthe month 1 Kings 6:1:16 ⧉הַשֵּׁנִ֔יhashenithe second 1 Kings 6:1:17 ⧉לִמְלֹ֥ךְlimlokhto reign of or to the reigning of 1 Kings 6:1:18 ⧉שְׁלֹמֹ֖הshelomoSolomon 1 Kings 6:1:19 ⧉עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לalyisraelover Israel 1 Kings 6:1:20 ⧉וַיִּ֥בֶןvayivenand he built 1 Kings 6:1:21 ⧉הַבַּ֖יִתhabayitthe house 1 Kings 6:1:22 ⧉לַיהוָֽה׃layahwehfor the LORD |
1. Formal Translation And it happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel went out from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv—it is the second month—of Solomon’s reign over Israel, that he began to build the house for the LORD {Yahweh, Temple Dweller}. |
1. Dynamic Translation In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, Solomon began building the temple for the LORD {Yahweh, Presence Dweller}. |