Tanach
Melachim I 5:31-32 מלכים א ה׳:ל״א-ל״ב
Part of: Chapter 5
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וַיְצַו הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּסִּעוּ אֲבָנִים גְּדֹלוֹת אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת לְיַסֵּד הַבָּיִת אַבְנֵי גָזִֽית׃
The king commanded and they brought great stones, heavy stones to make the foundation of the Beis Hamikdosh with hewn stone.
The king commanded and they brought great stones, heavy stones to make the foundation of the Beis Hamikdosh with hewn stone.
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אבנים יקרות. כבדות:
Heavy stones. Heavy.
אבני גזית. נפסלות ומסותתות ואם תאמר והרי כבר נאמר (לקמן ו ז): ומקבות והגרזן לא נשמע בבית בהבנותו, פירוש שכל ברזל לא נשמע בבית בהבנותו, אלא שהיה מסתת מבחוץ, ומכניס ובונה מבפנים, (כך נדרש בסוטה מח ב):
Hewn stone. Carved and chiseled. And if you ask, it has already been stated, “Neither hammer nor axe [nor any iron tool] was heard in the Beis Hamikdosh, during its construction.”27Below 6:7. The explanation is, that no iron was heard in the Beis [Hamikdosh], while it was being built, but they would chisel on the outside, and bring in and build [it] inside. Thus is this expounded in the Maseches Sotah.28See 48b.
וַֽיִּפְסְלוּ בֹּנֵי שְׁלֹמֹה וּבֹנֵי חִירוֹם וְהַגִּבְלִים וַיָּכִינוּ הָעֵצִים וְהָאֲבָנִים לִבְנוֹת הַבָּֽיִת׃ {פ}
Shlomo’s builders and Chirom’s builders and the Givlim carved the stones and they prepared the wood and the stones to build the Beis Hamikdosh.
Shlomo’s builders and Chirom’s builders and the Givlim carved the stones and they prepared the wood and the stones to build the Beis Hamikdosh.
Rashi
ויפסלו. בהרים:
[And they] carved. In the mountains.
והגבלים. אומה ששמה גבל, ובקיאים לסתת אבנים ולבנות, כמה שנאמר (ביחזקאל כז ט) בצור: זקני גבל וחכמיה היו בך מחזיקי בדקך:
And the Givlim. A nation whose name was Geval, and they were skilled in chiseling stones and in building,29Geval comes from the word גבול [=boundary]. The Givlim knew how to mark the boundaries of the stone before they cut it, and were thus able to cut stone to exact dimensions. as it is stated in reference to Tzur, “The elders of Geval and its wise men, were within you, caulkers of your cracks.”30Yechezkeil 27:9.
ויכינו. לשון הזמנה:
And they prepared. An expression of designating.31The stones and wood to their exact position.
ויסעו. מן ההר, לשון עקירה:
And they brought. From the mountains; an expression of uprooting.