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And thisהַזֹּאתwoman’sהָאִשָּׁהsonבֶּןdiedוַיָּמָתin the night,לָיְלָהbecauseאֲשֶׁרshe layשָׁכְבָהon him.עָלָיו
1 Kings 3:19
Study it in the app“And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 3:19, word by word
- woman’sאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- in the nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- she layשָׁכְבָהshachva
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shachva” appears
The context
18And 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20And she rose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me, while your servant was asleep, and laid him in her bosom, and her dead son she laid in my bosom.