King James Version

2 Chronicles 9:3

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

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וַתֵּ֨רֶא֙vatereand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and see”, the next action in the storyH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…מַֽלְכַּתmalkatqueenמַלְכָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “queen”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4436a queenqueen.שְׁבָ֔אshevaShebaשְׁבָאnoun, proper name — “Sheba”H7614Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian districtSheba, Sabeans.אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חָכְמַ֣תchakhematwisdomחׇכְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “wisdom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2451wisdom (in a good sense)skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.שְׁלֹמֹ֑הshelomoSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהnoun, proper name — “Solomon”H8010Shelomah, David's successorSolomon.וְהַבַּ֖יִתvehabayitand the familyבַּיִתconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בָּנָֽהbanahbuildבָּנָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “build”, a completed actionH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

Young’s Literal Translation

And the queen of Sheba seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built,

World English Bible

When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

Darby Translation

And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

Douay-Rheims

And when she had seen these things, to wit, the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶδε βασίλισσα Σαβὰ τὴν σοφίαν Σαλωμὼν καὶ τὸν οἶκον ὃν ᾠκοδόμησε,

American Standard Version (1901)

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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