1 Kings 3:23
Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
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ASV
Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
KJV
Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| זֹ֣את | zot | this [one] | H2063 → |
| אֹמֶ֔רֶת | 'o.Me.ret | [is] saying | H559 → |
| זֶה־ | zeh- | this | H2088 → |
| בְּנִ֥י | be.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
| הַחַ֖י | ha.Chai | [is] the living one | H2416 → |
| וּבְנֵ֣ךְ | u.ve.Nekh | and son your | H1121 → |
| הַמֵּ֑ת | ha.Met | [is] the dead [one] | H4191 → |
| וְזֹ֤את | ve.Zot | and this [one] | H2063 → |
| אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙ | 'o.Me.ret | [is] saying | H559 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | In- | H3808 → |
| כִ֔י | Khi | deed | H3588 → |
| בְּנֵ֥ךְ | be.Nekh | son your | H1121 → |
| הַמֵּ֖ת | ha.Met | [is] the dead [one] | H4191 → |
| וּבְנִ֥י | u.ve.Ni | and son my | H1121 → |
| הֶחָֽי׃ פ | he.Chai | [is] the living one | H2416 → |
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