2 Chronicles 3:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

Young's Literal Translation
And [in] these hath Solomon been instructed to build the house of God: The length [in] cubits by the former measure [is] sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

King James Bible
Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Hebrew
The foundation
הוּסַ֣ד (hū·saḏ)
Verb - Hofal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3245: To set, to found, to sit down together, settle, consult

that Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

laid
לִבְנ֖וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1129: To build

for the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

[was] sixty
שִׁשִּׁ֔ים (šiš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 8346: Sixty

cubits
אַמּ֞וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

long
הָאֹ֡רֶךְ (hā·’ō·reḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 753: Length

and twenty
עֶשְׂרִֽים׃ (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

cubits
אַמּ֥וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

wide,
וְרֹ֖חַב (wə·rō·ḥaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7341: Breadth, width

according to the old
הָרִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙ (hā·ri·šō·w·nāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank

standard.
בַּמִּדָּ֤ה (bam·mid·dāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4060: Extension, height, breadth, a measure, a portion, a vestment, tribute

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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