16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 6:16:1 ⧉וַיִּבֶן֩vayivenand he built 1 Kings 6:16:2 ⧉אֶת־עֶשְׂרִ֨יםetesrimdirect object marker twenty 1 Kings 6:16:3 ⧉אַמָּ֜הamacubits 1 Kings 6:16:4 ⧉מירכותיmirekhotifrom the rear parts of 1 Kings 6:16:5 ⧉מִֽיַּרְכְּתֵ֤יmiyarketeifrom the rear side of 1 Kings 6:16:6 ⧉הַבַּ֙יִת֙habayitthe house 1 Kings 6:16:7 ⧉בְּצַלְע֣וֹתbetsalotwith boards or planks 1 Kings 6:16:8 ⧉אֲרָזִ֔יםarazimof cedars 1 Kings 6:16:9 ⧉מִן־הַקַּרְקַ֖עminhakarkafrom the floor 1 Kings 6:16:10 ⧉עַד־הַקִּיר֑וֹתadhakirotup to the walls 1 Kings 6:16:11 ⧉וַיִּ֤בֶןvayivenand he built 1 Kings 6:16:12 ⧉לוֹ֙lofor it or for him 1 Kings 6:16:13 ⧉מִבַּ֣יִתmibayitfrom inside 1 Kings 6:16:14 ⧉לִדְבִ֔ירlidveerfor an inner shrine 1 Kings 6:16:15 ⧉לְקֹ֖דֶשׁlekodeshfor a holy place 1 Kings 6:16:16 ⧉הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃hakodashimthe holy things |
16. Formal Translation And he built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar planks, from the floor to the walls, and he built it inside the house for the inner sanctuary, for the Most Holy Place. |
16. Dynamic Translation He partitioned off twenty cubits at the back of the temple with cedar boards, stretching from the floor to the walls, and created an inner sanctuary—the Most Holy Place. |