Study it in the app“They began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the portico of YHWH; and they sanctified the house of YHWH in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.”
They beganוַיָּחֵלּוּon the first dayבְּאֶחָדof the firstלַ הָרִאשׁוֹןmonthחֹדֶשׁto sanctify,לְקַדֵּשׁand on the eighthוּבְ שְׁמוֹנָהdayיוֹםof the monthלַחֹדֶשׁthey cameבָּאוּto the porticoלְאוּלָםof YHWH;יְהוָהand they sanctifiedוַיְקַדְּשׁוּthe houseאֶת בֵּיתof YHWHיְהוָהin eightלְ שְׁמוֹנָהdays,יָמִיםand on the sixteenthוּבְ שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof the firstלַ הָרִאשׁוֹןmonthחֹדֶשׁthey finished.כִּלּוּ
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “yachelu” appearsfirst
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsconsecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kadesh” appearseight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemona” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearsportico
Portico: the covered entrance in front of the main hall of a building. In the temple, the vestibule through which one entered.
Where else “ulam” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearssix
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shisha” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kilu” appears16The priests went into the inner part of the house of YHWH to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of YHWH to the court of the house of YHWH; and the Levites received it to carry it out to the brook Kidron, outside.
17 · This verse (above)
18Then they went inside to Hezekiah the king and said, “We have cleansed all the house of YHWH, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table of the row and all its utensils.
