18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 2:18:1 ⧉וַיַּ֨עַשׂvayaasand he made 2 Chronicles 2:18:2 ⧉מֵהֶ֜םmehemfrom them 2 Chronicles 2:18:3 ⧉שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiviimseventy 2 Chronicles 2:18:4 ⧉אֶ֙לֶף֙elefthousand 2 Chronicles 2:18:5 ⧉סַבָּ֔לsabalburden-bearer 2 Chronicles 2:18:6 ⧉וּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםushemonimand eighty 2 Chronicles 2:18:7 ⧉אֶ֖לֶףelefthousand 2 Chronicles 2:18:8 ⧉חֹצֵ֣בkhotsevcutter or quarryman 2 Chronicles 2:18:9 ⧉בָּהָ֑רbaharin the hill-country 2 Chronicles 2:18:10 ⧉וּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁתusheloshetand three {construct of three} 2 Chronicles 2:18:11 ⧉אֲלָפִים֙alafimthousands 2 Chronicles 2:18:12 ⧉וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshand six 2 Chronicles 2:18:13 ⧉מֵא֔וֹתmeothundreds 2 Chronicles 2:18:14 ⧉מְנַצְּחִ֖יםmenatsekhimoverseers or supervisors 2 Chronicles 2:18:15 ⧉לְהַעֲבִ֥ידlehaavidto make work or to compel to labor 2 Chronicles 2:18:16 ⧉אֶת־הָעָֽם׃ethaam{direct object marker} the people |
18. Formal Translation And he appointed from among them seventy thousand burden-bearers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to direct the people in their work. |
18. Dynamic Translation He designated seventy thousand carriers, eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, and three thousand six hundred supervisors over the people to keep them working. |