King James Version

1 Kings 5:10

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

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In the Hebrew text this line is 1 Kings 5:24.

וַיְהִ֨יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.חִיר֜וֹםchiromHiramחִירָםnoun, proper name — “Hiram”H2438Chiram or Chirom, the name of two TyriansHiram, Huram.נֹתֵ֣ןnotengiveנָתַןverb, qal, participle, absolute — “give”, a verb used as a describing wordH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗הlishlomoto Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Solomon”H8010Shelomah, David's successorSolomon.עֲצֵ֧יatsetreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.אֲרָזִ֛יםarazimcedarאֶרֶזnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “cedar”, the ordinary formH730a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)cedar (tree).וַעֲצֵ֥יvaatseand treeעֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.בְרוֹשִׁ֖יםveroshimfirבְּרוֹשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “fir”, the ordinary formH1265a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)fir (tree).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).חֶפְצֽוֹcheftsvodesireחֵפֶץnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “desire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2656pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(5-24) So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of cypress according to all his desire.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire,

World English Bible

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar timber and cypress timber according to all his desire.

Darby Translation

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees [according to] all his desire.

Douay-Rheims

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, according to all his desire.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(5-24) So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of cypress according to all his desire.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So Chiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦν Χιρὰμ διδοὺς τῷ Σαλωμὼν κέδρους καὶ πεύκας καὶ πᾶν θέλημα αὐτοῦ.