And his own houseוְאֶת בֵּיתוֹSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהbuiltבָּנָהin thirteenשְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהyears,שָׁנָהand he finishedוַיְכַלallאֶת כָּלhis house.בֵּיתוֹ
1 Kings 7:1
Study it in the app“And his own house Solomon built in thirteen years, and he finished all his house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 7:1, word by word
- And his own houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- 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- builtבָּנָהbana
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bana” appears- in thirteenשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- in thirteenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- and he finishedיְכַלyechal
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “yechal” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And he built the house of the Forest of Lebanon: a hundred cubits its length, and fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of pillars of cedar, with beams of cedar on the pillars.