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And Solomonוַ לִשְׁלֹמֹהhadיְהִיfortyאַרְבָּעִיםthousandאֶלֶףstallsאֻרְוֺתof horsesסוּסִיםfor his chariots,לְמֶרְכָּבוֹand twelveוּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרthousandאֶלֶףhorsemen.פָּרָשִׁים
1 Kings 4:26
Study it in the app“And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 4:26, word by word
- And Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- stallsאֻרְוֺתurvot
stall
Stall: the place where horses or livestock are kept and fed.
Where else “urvot” appears- of horsesסוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- for his chariotsמֶרְכָּבmerkav
chariot
War vehicles drawn by horses.
Where else “merkav” appears- and twelveשְׁנֵיםshenem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears- and twelveעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- horsemenפָּרָשִׁיםparashim
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashim” appears
Translation note
The parallel passage says “four thousand” (2 Chronicles 9:25).
The context
25And Judah and Israel lived securely, each man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 · This verse (above)
27And those prefects sustained King Solomon and all who came near to the table of King Solomon, each in his month; they let nothing be lacking.