Syriac Studies Exam 8

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Solomon

and King David said to the whole assembly of Israel: this Solomon, my son, is young, small

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he has been fortified, made strong

he has been made strong and mighty in it

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property, goods, wealth, flocks

Akkadian nikkassu (from Sumerian)

all forces and all possessions I have prepared

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I have prepared

all forces and all possessions I have prepared

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bronze, copper

gold unto gold, silver unto silver, bronze unto bronze, iron unto iron, timbers unto timbers, cedars unto cedars, good stones, and pearls besides!

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cedars

gold unto gold, silver unto silver, bronze unto bronze, iron unto iron, timbers unto timbers, cedars unto cedars, good stones, and pearls besides!

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poverty

I have prepared and established it from poverty and money I have prepared to go forth of the house of God from poverty (!)

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money, silver

I have prepared and established it from poverty and money I have prepared to go forth of the house of God from poverty (!)

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a thousand thousands

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talents

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two times

and two thousand thousands

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to spread over, cover

silver to cover the walls

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walls

silver to cover the walls

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where

wherever silver was wanted, silver would go

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it would be late, tarry, delay

the building (making, construction) was finished in a month; the building was not late

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fathers, chiefs, forefathers, masters

and noble chiefs gathered

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generations, sceptres, rods, tribes

nobles of the tribes of Israel

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of thousands and of hundreds *

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lead, tin

and good lead for pipes, two hundred thousand

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pipes, plumbing

and good lead for pipes, two hundred thousand

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twenty

and twenty thousand talents of silver

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cross? *

Akkadian loanword? (no lexical entry)

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eighty-ten (eighty or eight hundred?) *

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Gurshun the Treasurer

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beauty, a head ornament

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glory, ornament, circlet

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hardened, fortified

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creations, created beings

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they gave thanks, praise, confessed, announced

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of a cooking pot *

for us they are compared to heat / vapor (lhg) of a cooking pot (v. 15) *

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in the age

and our dwellings before you are small in the age, but you rule in our forefathers

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that you would save us

O Lord our God that you would deliver us from all our trouble and the peoples (who) curse us

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our reviling, curse

O Lord our God that you would deliver us from all our trouble and the peoples (who) curse us

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our trouble, dispute

O Lord our God that you would deliver us from all our trouble and the peoples (who) curse us

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search out

and I know, O my God, that you search out the heart

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thought

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of Abraham

the Lord God of Abraham

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guards, keeps

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I answered

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our heart, mind

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I answered

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to build, the building

and to build the house which thou hast established

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they fell down and worshiped

and they fell down and worshiped the Lord

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they offered up sacrifices

and they offered up sacrifices before the Lord

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altars, burnt offerings, sacrifices

and they offered burnt offerings before the Lord the day after

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one thousand bulls

one thousand bulls and one thousand rams and one thousand sheepies and many libations

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libations, drink offerings

one thousand bulls and one thousand rams and one thousand sheepies and many libations

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sacrifices

the children of Israel offered up many sacrifices

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they drank

and they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great rejoicing, and they appointed Solomon son of David in the kingdom, and they appointed Saduq to the priesthood

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Saduq

and they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great rejoicing, and they appointed Solomon son of David in the kingdom, and they appointed Saduq to the priesthood

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the throne of

cst.

and Solomon sat upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord (MT: the throne of the Lord; LXX: the throne of his father David)

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he prospered

in place of David his father, and he prospered, and he was obeyed by all of Israel

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they were delivered over, they made peace

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and all the sons of King David were delivered up to Solomon his son (MT: all the officials, mighty men, and also all the sons of King David pledged allegiance to King Solomon)

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before one's eye(s), face to face

and the Lord exalted Solomon on high before the eye of all Israel, and he gave splendor of the kingdom (royal splendor), alone of all the kings before him, there was no likeness

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splendor

and the Lord exalted Solomon on high before the eye of all Israel, and he gave splendor of the kingdom (royal splendor), alone of all the kings before him, there was no likeness

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(of) Jesse

and David the son of Jesse appointed in the kingdom of Solomon his son over all Israel

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he appointed, raised up, set up, set over

and David the son of Jesse appointed in the kingdom of Solomon his son over all Israel

(MT: now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel)

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he stood, reigned

and the days that David reigned in the kingdom over all of Israel (were) forty years; in Hebron he reigned in the kingdom seven years; and in Jerusalem he reigned in the kingdom thirty-three years, over all of Israel and Judah

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forty years

and the days that David reigned in the kingdom over all of Israel (were) forty years; in Hebron he reigned in the kingdom seven years; and in Jerusalem he reigned in the kingdom thirty-three years, over all of Israel and Judah

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in Hebron

and the days that David reigned in the kingdom over all of Israel (were) forty years; in Hebron he reigned in the kingdom seven years; and in Jerusalem he reigned in the kingdom thirty-three years, over all of Israel and Judah

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seven years

and the days that David reigned in the kingdom over all of Israel (were) forty years; in Hebron he reigned in the kingdom seven years; and in Jerusalem he reigned in the kingdom thirty-three years, over all of Israel and Judah

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thirty-three years

and the days that David reigned in the kingdom over all of Israel (were) forty years; in Hebron he reigned in the kingdom seven years; and in Jerusalem he reigned in the kingdom thirty-three years (MT: om), over all of Israel and Judah

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Judah

and the days that David reigned in the kingdom over all of Israel (were) forty years; in Hebron he reigned in the kingdom seven years; and in Jerusalem he reigned in the kingdom thirty-three years, over all of Israel and Judah

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in old age

and David the son of Jesse died in good old age

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old and sated

old and sated (were) the days of his life

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his life

old and sated (were) the days of his life

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great in wealth, riches

old and sated (were) the days of his life, and great in wealth of the world

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last, latter things

and the verses of David, king of Israel, first and last things, they were written in the verses of Samuel the prophet

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(of) Samuel

and the verses of David, king of Israel, first and last things, they were written in the verses of Samuel the prophet, in the verses of Nathan the prophet, and in the verses of Gad the prophet

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Gad

and the verses of David, king of Israel, first and last things, they were written in the verses of Samuel the prophet, in the verses of Nathan the prophet, and in the verses of Gad the prophet