1 Kings 3:20
So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
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ASV
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
KJV
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּקָם֩ | va.ta.Kam | and she rose | H6965 → |
| בְּת֨וֹךְ | be.Tokh | in [the] middle of | H8432 → |
| הַלַּ֜יְלָה | ha.Lay.lah | the night | H3915 → |
| וַתִּקַּ֧ח | va.ti.Kach | and she took | H3947 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בְּנִ֣י | be.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
| מֵֽאֶצְלִ֗י | me.'etz.Li | from beside me | H681 → |
| וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ | va.'a.ma.te.Kha | and maidservant your | H519 → |
| יְשֵׁנָ֔ה | ye.she.Nah | [was] sleeping | H3463 → |
| וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ | va.tash.ki.Ve.hu | and she made lie him | H7901 → |
| בְּחֵיקָ֑הּ | be.chei.Kah | in bosom her | H2436 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| בְּנָ֥הּ | be.Nah | son her | H1121 → |
| הַמֵּ֖ת | ha.Met | <the> dead | H4191 → |
| הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָה | hish.Ki.vah | she made lie | H7901 → |
| בְחֵיקִֽי׃ | ve.chei.Ki | in bosom my | H2436 → |
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