And it happened,וַיְהִיon the third dayבַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁיafter I gave birth,לְלִדְתִּיthat thisהַזֹּאתwomanהָאִשָּׁהalsoגַּםgave birth.וַתֵּלֶדAnd weוַאֲנַחְנוּwere together;יַחְדָּוthere was noאֵיןstrangerזָרwith usאִתָּנוּin the house,בַּבַּיִתonlyזוּלָתִיthe twoשְׁתַּיִםof usאֲנַחְנוּin the house.בַּבָּיִת
1 Kings 3:18
Study it in the app“And it happened, on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 3:18, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- on the third dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- on the third dayשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishi” appears- after I gave birthלִדְתִּlidti
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “lidti” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- were togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- strangerזָרzar
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zar” appears- in the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- onlyזוּלָתִיzulati
except, besides
Except, besides.
Where else “zulati” appears- the twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shetayim” appears
The context
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.
18 · This verse (above)
19And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.