King James Version

1 Kings 5:15

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

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In the Hebrew text this line is 1 Kings 5:29.

וַיְהִ֧יvayhiand 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.לִשְׁלֹמֹ֛הlishlomoto Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Solomon”H8010Shelomah, David's successorSolomon.שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimseventyשִׁבְעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “seventy”, the ordinary formH7657seventyseventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).אֶ֖לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.נֹשֵׂ֣אnoselift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, participle, construct — “lift up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…סַבָּ֑לsabalburdenסַבָּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “burden”, the ordinary formH5449a porter(to bear, bearer of) burden(-s).וּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםushemonimand eightyשְׁמֹנִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and eighty”, the ordinary formH8084eighty, also eightietheighty(-ieth), fourscore.אֶ֖לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.חֹצֵ֥בchotsevcutחָצַבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “cut”, a verb used as a describing wordH2672to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engravecut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.בָּהָֽרbaharin hillהַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(5-29) And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

Young’s Literal Translation

And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,

World English Bible

Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,

Darby Translation

And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;

Douay-Rheims

And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(5-29) And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦν τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἑβδομήκοντα χιλιάδες αἴροντες ἄρσιν, καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα χιλιάδες λατόμων ἐν τῷ ὄρει,