מלכים א 6
| וַיְהִי בִשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְצֵאת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם בַּשָּׁנָה הָרְבִיעִית בְּחֹדֶשׁ זִו הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי לִמְלֹךְ שְׁלֹמֹה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּבֶן הַבַּיִת לַיהוָֽה׃ | 1 |
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.
| וְהַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה לַֽיהוָה שִׁשִּֽׁים־אַמָּה אָרְכּוֹ וְעֶשְׂרִים רָחְבּוֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
| וְהָאוּלָם עַל־פְּנֵי הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה אָרְכּוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי רֹחַב הַבָּיִת עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה רָחְבּוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי הַבָּֽיִת׃ | 3 |
The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.
| וַיַּעַשׂ לַבָּיִת חַלּוֹנֵי שְׁקֻפִים אֲטֻמִֽים׃ | 4 |
And for the house he made windows, with network across.
| וַיִּבֶן עַל־קִיר הַבַּיִת יצוע יָצִיעַ סָבִיב אֶת־קִירוֹת הַבַּיִת סָבִיב לַֽהֵיכָל וְלַדְּבִיר וַיַּעַשׂ צְלָעוֹת סָבִֽיב׃ | 5 |
And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:
| היצוע הַיָּצִיעַ הַתַּחְתֹּנָה חָמֵשׁ בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ וְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה שֵׁשׁ בָּֽאַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁית שֶׁבַע בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ כִּי מִגְרָעוֹת נָתַן לַבַּיִת סָבִיב חוּצָה לְבִלְתִּי אֲחֹז בְּקִֽירוֹת־הַבָּֽיִת׃ | 6 |
The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house.
| וְהַבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנֹתוֹ אֶֽבֶן־שְׁלֵמָה מַסָּע נִבְנָה וּמַקָּבוֹת וְהַגַּרְזֶן כָּל־כְּלִי בַרְזֶל לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַע בַּבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃ | 7 |
(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
| פֶּתַח הַצֵּלָע הַתִּיכֹנָה אֶל־כֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת הַיְמָנִית וּבְלוּלִּים יַֽעֲלוּ עַל־הַתִּיכֹנָה וּמִן־הַתִּֽיכֹנָה אֶל־הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁים׃ | 8 |
The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.
| וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַבַּיִת וַיְכַלֵּהוּ וַיִּסְפֹּן אֶת־הַבַּיִת גֵּבִים וּשְׂדֵרֹת בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃ | 9 |
So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.
| וַיִּבֶן אֶת־היצוע הַיָּצִיעַ עַל־כָּל־הַבַּיִת חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת קֽוֹמָתוֹ וַיֶּאֱחֹז אֶת־הַבַּיִת בַּעֲצֵי אֲרָזִֽים׃ | 10 |
And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood.
| וַֽיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹה לֵאמֹֽר׃ | 11 |
(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
| הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בֹנֶה אִם־תֵּלֵךְ בְּחֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי תַּֽעֲשֶׂה וְשָׁמַרְתָּ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתַי לָלֶכֶת בָּהֶם וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־דְּבָרִי אִתָּךְ אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־דָּוִד אָבִֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.
| וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא אֶעֱזֹב אֶת־עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | 13 |
And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.
| וַיִּבֶן שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־הַבַּיִת וַיְכַלֵּֽהוּ׃ | 14 |
So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)
| וַיִּבֶן אֶת־קִירוֹת הַבַּיִת מִבַּיְתָה בְּצַלְעוֹת אֲרָזִים מִקַּרְקַע הַבַּיִת עַד־קִירוֹת הַסִּפֻּן צִפָּה עֵץ מִבָּיִת וַיְצַף אֶת־קַרְקַע הַבַּיִת בְּצַלְעוֹת בְּרוֹשִֽׁים׃ | 15 |
The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.
| וַיִּבֶן אֶת־עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה מירכותי מִֽיַּרְכְּתֵי הַבַּיִת בְּצַלְעוֹת אֲרָזִים מִן־הַקַּרְקַע עַד־הַקִּירוֹת וַיִּבֶן לוֹ מִבַּיִת לִדְבִיר לְקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃ | 16 |
And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.
| וְאַרְבָּעִים בָּאַמָּה הָיָה הַבָּיִת הוּא הַהֵיכָל לִפְנָֽי׃ | 17 |
And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.
| וְאֶרֶז אֶל־הַבַּיִת פְּנִימָה מִקְלַעַת פְּקָעִים וּפְטוּרֵי צִצִּים הַכֹּל אֶרֶז אֵין אֶבֶן נִרְאָֽה׃ | 18 |
(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)
| וּדְבִיר בְּתוֹךְ־הַבַּיִת מִפְּנִימָה הֵכִין לְתִתֵּן שָׁם אֶת־אֲרוֹן בְּרִית יְהוָֽה׃ | 19 |
And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.
| וְלִפְנֵי הַדְּבִיר עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה אֹרֶךְ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה רֹחַב וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה קֽוֹמָתוֹ וַיְצַפֵּהוּ זָהָב סָגוּר וַיְצַף מִזְבֵּחַ אָֽרֶז׃ | 20 |
And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.
| וַיְצַף שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־הַבַּיִת מִפְּנִימָה זָהָב סָגוּר וַיְעַבֵּר ברתיקות בְּרַתּוּקוֹת זָהָב לִפְנֵי הַדְּבִיר וַיְצַפֵּהוּ זָהָֽב׃ | 21 |
Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.
| וְאֶת־כָּל־הַבַּיִת צִפָּה זָהָב עַד־תֹּם כָּל־הַבָּיִת וְכָל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲֽשֶׁר־לַדְּבִיר צִפָּה זָהָֽב׃ | 22 |
Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).
| וַיַּעַשׂ בַּדְּבִיר שְׁנֵי כְרוּבִים עֲצֵי־שָׁמֶן עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ | 23 |
In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;
| וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת כְּנַף הַכְּרוּב הָֽאֶחָת וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת כְּנַף הַכְּרוּב הַשֵּׁנִית עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת מִקְצוֹת כְּנָפָיו וְעַד־קְצוֹת כְּנָפָֽיו׃ | 24 |
With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.
| וְעֶשֶׂר בָּֽאַמָּה הַכְּרוּב הַשֵּׁנִי מִדָּה אַחַת וְקֶצֶב אֶחָד לִשְׁנֵי הַכְּרֻבִֽים׃ | 25 |
The two winged ones were ten cubits high, of the same size and form.
| קוֹמַת הַכְּרוּב הָֽאֶחָד עֶשֶׂר בָּֽאַמָּה וְכֵן הַכְּרוּב הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ | 26 |
The two of them were ten cubits high.
| וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־הַכְּרוּבִים בְּתוֹךְ ׀ הַבַּיִת הַפְּנִימִי וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ אֶת־כַּנְפֵי הַכְּרֻבִים וַתִּגַּע כְּנַף־הָֽאֶחָד בַּקִּיר וּכְנַף הַכְּרוּב הַשֵּׁנִי נֹגַעַת בַּקִּיר הַשֵּׁנִי וְכַנְפֵיהֶם אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַבַּיִת נֹגְעֹת כָּנָף אֶל־כָּנָֽף׃ | 27 |
These were placed inside the inner house, their outstretched wings touching the walls of the house, one touching one wall and one the other, while their other wings were touching in the middle.
| וַיְצַף אֶת־הַכְּרוּבִים זָהָֽב׃ | 28 |
These winged ones were plated over with gold.
| וְאֵת כָּל־קִירוֹת הַבַּיִת מֵסַב ׀ קָלַע פִּתּוּחֵי מִקְלְעוֹת כְּרוּבִים וְתִֽמֹרֹת וּפְטוּרֵי צִצִּים מִלִּפְנִים וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃ | 29 |
And all the walls of the house inside and out were ornamented with forms of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers.
| וְאֶת־קַרְקַע הַבַּיִת צִפָּה זָהָב לִפְנִימָה וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃ | 30 |
And the floor of the house was covered with gold, inside and out.
| וְאֵת פֶּתַח הַדְּבִיר עָשָׂה דַּלְתוֹת עֲצֵי־שָׁמֶן הָאַיִל מְזוּזוֹת חֲמִשִֽׁית׃ | 31 |
For the way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood, the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening.
| וּשְׁתֵּי דַּלְתוֹת עֲצֵי־שֶׁמֶן וְקָלַע עֲלֵיהֶם מִקְלְעוֹת כְּרוּבִים וְתִמֹרוֹת וּפְטוּרֵי צִצִּים וְצִפָּה זָהָב וַיָּרֶד עַל־הַכְּרוּבִים וְעַל־הַתִּֽמֹרוֹת אֶת־הַזָּהָֽב׃ | 32 |
On the olive-wood doors were cut designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, all of them, with the doors, plated with gold.
| וְכֵן עָשָׂה לְפֶתַח הַֽהֵיכָל מְזוּזוֹת עֲצֵי־שָׁמֶן מֵאֵת רְבִעִֽית׃ | 33 |
Then he made pillars of olive-wood for the way into the Temple; the pillars were square:
| וּשְׁתֵּי דַלְתוֹת עֲצֵי בְרוֹשִׁים שְׁנֵי צְלָעִים הַדֶּלֶת הָֽאַחַת גְּלִילִים וּשְׁנֵי קְלָעִים הַדֶּלֶת הַשֵּׁנִית גְּלִילִֽים׃ | 34 |
And two folding doors of cypress-wood, with two leaves.
| וְקָלַע כְּרוּבִים וְתִמֹרוֹת וּפְטֻרֵי צִצִּים וְצִפָּה זָהָב מְיֻשָּׁר עַל־הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה׃ | 35 |
These were ornamented with designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, plated over with gold.
| וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִית שְׁלֹשָׁה טוּרֵי גָזִית וְטוּר כְּרֻתֹת אֲרָזִֽים׃ | 36 |
And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.
| בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִית יֻסַּד בֵּית יְהוָה בְּיֶרַח זִֽו׃ | 37 |
In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.
| וּבַשָּׁנָה הָאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה בְּיֶרַח בּוּל הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִי כָּלָה הַבַּיִת לְכָל־דְּבָרָיו וּלְכָל־משפטו מִשְׁפָּטָיו וַיִּבְנֵהוּ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים׃ | 38 |
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the building of the house was complete in every detail, as it had been designed. So he was seven years building it.
