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1 Kings 3:26

Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”

BSB

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ASV

Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

KJV

Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559
הָאִשָּׁה֩ha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whomH834
בְּנָ֨הּbe.Nah[was] son herH1121
הַחַ֜יha.Chaithe living oneH2416
אֶל־'el-toH413
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588
נִכְמְר֣וּnikh.me.Ruthey had grown warmH3648
רַחֲמֶיהָ֮ra.cha.mei.Hacompassion<s> herH7356
עַל־'al-onH5921
בְּנָהּ֒be.Nahson herH1121
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר׀va.To.merand she saidH559
בִּ֣יbipardon meH994
אֲדֹנִ֗י'a.do.NiO lord myH113
תְּנוּ־te.nu-giveH5414
לָהּ֙lahto her
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיָּל֣וּדhai.ya.Ludthe childH3205
הַחַ֔יha.Chai<the> livingH2416
וְהָמֵ֖תve.ha.Metand certainly <to kill>H4191
אַל־'al-may notH408
תְּמִיתֻ֑הוּte.mi.Tu.huyou kill himH4191
וְזֹ֣אתve.Zotand this [one]H2063
אֹמֶ֗רֶת'o.Me.ret[was] sayingH559
גַּם־gam-neitherH1571
לִ֥יlito me
גַם־gam-norH1571
לָ֛ךְlakhto you
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehhe will belongH1961
גְּזֹֽרוּ׃ge.Zo.rucutH1504

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About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain