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!”
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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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32 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | va.To.mer | and she said | H559 → |
| הָאִשָּׁה֩ | ha.'i.Shah | the woman | H802 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | whom | H834 → |
| בְּנָ֨הּ | be.Nah | [was] son her | H1121 → |
| הַחַ֜י | ha.Chai | the living one | H2416 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| נִכְמְר֣וּ | nikh.me.Ru | they had grown warm | H3648 → |
| רַחֲמֶיהָ֮ | ra.cha.mei.Ha | compassion<s> her | H7356 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| בְּנָהּ֒ | be.Nah | son her | H1121 → |
| וַתֹּ֣אמֶר׀ | va.To.mer | and she said | H559 → |
| בִּ֣י | bi | pardon me | H994 → |
| אֲדֹנִ֗י | 'a.do.Ni | O lord my | H113 → |
| תְּנוּ־ | te.nu- | give | H5414 → |
| לָהּ֙ | lah | to her | |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַיָּל֣וּד | hai.ya.Lud | the child | H3205 → |
| הַחַ֔י | ha.Chai | <the> living | H2416 → |
| וְהָמֵ֖ת | ve.ha.Met | and certainly <to kill> | H4191 → |
| אַל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תְּמִיתֻ֑הוּ | te.mi.Tu.hu | you kill him | H4191 → |
| וְזֹ֣את | ve.Zot | and this [one] | H2063 → |
| אֹמֶ֗רֶת | 'o.Me.ret | [was] saying | H559 → |
| גַּם־ | gam- | neither | H1571 → |
| לִ֥י | li | to me | |
| גַם־ | gam- | nor | H1571 → |
| לָ֛ךְ | lakh | to you | |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יִהְיֶ֖ה | yih.Yeh | he will belong | H1961 → |
| גְּזֹֽרוּ׃ | ge.Zo.ru | cut | H1504 → |
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