| For | כִּ֤י | kî | kee |
| they | מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת֙ | mĕšullāšôt | meh-shoo-la-SHOTE |
| were in three | הֵ֔נָּה | hēnnâ | HAY-na |
| not had but stories, | וְאֵ֤ין | wĕʾên | veh-ANE |
| pillars | לָהֶן֙ | lāhen | la-HEN |
| as the pillars | עַמּוּדִ֔ים | ʿammûdîm | ah-moo-DEEM |
| of the courts: | כְּעַמּוּדֵ֖י | kĕʿammûdê | keh-ah-moo-DAY |
| therefore | הַחֲצֵר֑וֹת | haḥăṣērôt | ha-huh-tsay-ROTE |
| עַל | ʿal | al | |
| the building was straitened | כֵּ֣ן | kēn | kane |
| lowest the than more | נֶאֱצַ֗ל | neʾĕṣal | neh-ay-TSAHL |
| and the middlemost | מֵהַתַּחְתּוֹנ֛וֹת | mēhattaḥtônôt | may-ha-tahk-toh-NOTE |
| from the ground. | וּמֵהַתִּֽיכֹנ֖וֹת | ûmēhattîkōnôt | oo-may-ha-tee-hoh-NOTE |
| מֵהָאָֽרֶץ׃ | mēhāʾāreṣ | may-ha-AH-rets |