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Thenאָזtwoשְׁתַּיִםwomen,נָשִׁיםprostitutes,זֹנוֹתcameתָּבֹאנָהtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְand stoodוַתַּעֲמֹדְנָהbefore him.לְפָנָיו
1 Kings 3:16
Study it in the app“Then two women, prostitutes, came to the king and stood before him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 3:16, word by word
- twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- womenנָשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- prostitutesזֹנוֹתzonot
prostitutes
Prostitutes: women who give themselves for pay. It is the plural of the usual word for "prostitute."
Where else “zonot” appears- cameתָּבֹאנָהtavona
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavona” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and stoodתַּעֲמֹדְנָהtaamodna
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamodna” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
The context
15And Solomon woke up, and he saw that it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of Adonai, and offered burnt offerings and offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
16 · This verse (above)
17And the one woman said, “Pardon me, my lord: I and this woman live in one house, and I gave birth with her present in the house.