Wisdom of Sirach 50:3 (Brenton): In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — Wisdom of Sirach 50:3
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- ἐν en In in, on preposition G1722
- ἡμέραις hemerais days a day noun, Dat Plur Fem G2250
- αὐτοῦ autou his he, she pronoun, demonstrative, Gen Sing Masc G846
- ἐλατομήθη elatomethe make less, make inferior verb, Aor Pass Ind 3rd Sing G1642
- ἀποδοχεῖον apodocheion storehouse noun, Nom Sing Neut Source ID G477747
- ὑδάτων hudaton water water noun, Gen Plur Neut G5204
- λάκκος lakkos pit noun, Nom Sing Masc Source ID G477749
- ὡσεὶ hosei as as if, as it were adverb G5616
- θαλάσσης thalasses sea the sea, lake noun, Gen Sing Fem G2281
- τὸ to the the pronoun, article, Nom Sing Neut G3588
- περίμετρον perimetron circumference noun, Nom Sing Neut Source ID G477753
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