King James Version

2 Kings 22:6

Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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לֶחָ֣רָשִׁ֔יםlecharashimto artificerחָרָשׁpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to artificer”, the ordinary formH2796a fabricator or any materialartificer, ([phrase]) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, [phrase] mason, skilful, ([phrase]) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.וְלַבֹּנִ֖יםvelabonimand to buildבָּנָהconjunction, preposition, with the article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and to build”, a verb used as a describing wordH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑יםvelagoderimand to close upגָּדַרconjunction, preposition, with the article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and to close up”, a verb used as a describing wordH1443to wall in or aroundclose up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.וְלִקְנ֤וֹתveliqnotand to purchaseקָנָהconjunction, preposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “and to purchase”, the to-form of the verbH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.עֵצִים֙etsimtreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.וְאַבְנֵ֣יveavneand stoneאֶבֶןconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).מַחְצֵ֔בmachtsevhewedמַחְצֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “hewed”, the ordinary formH4274properly, a hewing; concretely, a quarryhewed(-n).לְחַזֵּ֖קlechazeqto be constantחָזַקpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct — “to be constant”, the to-form of the verbH2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conqueraid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintai…אֶתetobject 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).הַבָּֽיִתhabayitthe familyבַּיִתdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “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,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.' —

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American Standard Version (1901)

unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

Young’s Literal Translation

to artificers, and to builders, and [to repairers of] the wall, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the house;

World English Bible

to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.

Darby Translation

to the carpenters and the builders and the masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

Douay-Rheims

That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such as mend breaches: and that timber may be bought, and stones out of the quarries, to repair the temple of the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.' —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

even to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, and also to purchase timber and hewn stones, to repair the breaches of the house.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τοῖς τέκτοσι καὶ τοῖς οἰκοδόμοις καὶ τοῖς τειχισταῖς, καὶ τοῦ κτήσασθαι ξύλα καὶ λίθους λατομητοὺς, τοῦ κραταιῶσαι τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου.