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1 Kings 10:16

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

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וַיַּ֨עַשׂvayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…הַמֶּ֧לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.שְׁלֹמֹ֛הshelomoSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהnoun, proper name — “Solomon”H8010Shelomah, David's successorSolomon.מָאתַ֥יִםmatayimhundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, dual, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.צִנָּ֖הtsinahcoldצִנָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cold”, the ordinary formH6793a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.זָהָ֣בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.שָׁח֑וּטshachutbeatשָׁחַטverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “beat”, a verb used as a describing wordH7820to hammer outbeat.שֵׁשׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.מֵא֣וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.זָהָ֔בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.יַעֲלֶ֖הyaalehascend upעָלָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, an unfinished actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַצִּנָּ֥הhatsinahthe coldצִנָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the cold”, the ordinary formH6793a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.הָאֶחָֽתhaechatthe firstאֶחָדdefinite article, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “the first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.

Young’s Literal Translation

And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold — six hundred of gold go up on the one target;

World English Bible

King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.

Darby Translation

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, — he applied six hundred [shekels] of gold to one target;

Douay-Rheims

And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sides of gold for the plates of one shield.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησε Σαλωμὼν τριακόσια δόρατα χρυσᾶ ἐλατά· τριακόσιοι χρυσοῖ ἐπῆσαν ἐπὶ τὸ δόρυ τὸ ἕν·

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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