Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 6680 [e] וַיְצַ֣ו way-ṣaw And commanded them Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ ham-me-leḵ the king Art | N-ms 5265 [e] וַיַּסִּעוּ֩ way-yas-si-‘ū and to quarry Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp 68 [e] אֲבָנִ֨ים ’ă-ḇā-nîm stones N-fp 1419 [e] גְּדֹל֜וֹת gə-ḏō-lō-wṯ large Adj-fp 68 [e] אֲבָנִ֧ים ’ă-ḇā-nîm stones N-fp 3368 [e] יְקָר֛וֹת yə-qā-rō-wṯ costly Adj-fp 3245 [e] לְיַסֵּ֥ד lə-yas-sêḏ to lay the foundation Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf 1004 [e] הַבָּ֖יִת hab-bā-yiṯ of the temple Art | N-ms 68 [e] אַבְנֵ֥י ’aḇ-nê [and] stones N-fpc 1496 [e] גָזִֽית׃ ḡā-zîṯ. hewn N-fs

New American Standard Bible
Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

King James Bible
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

costly stones

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