Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSince it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him. Young's Literal Translation and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning, King James Bible Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him. Hebrew Since it was the ninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֑י (hat·tə·šî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 8671: Ninth (an ordinal number) month, בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month the king וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (wə·ham·me·leḵ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king was sitting יוֹשֵׁב֙ (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in his winter הַחֹ֔רֶף (ha·ḥō·rep̄) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2779: The crop gathered, the autumn, season, ripeness of age quarters בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house with a fire הָאָ֖ח (hā·’āḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 254: A fire-pot, chafing dish burning מְבֹעָֽרֶת׃ (mə·ḇō·‘ā·reṯ) Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish before him. לְפָנָ֥יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face |