Study it in the app“And 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.”
And she roseוַתָּקָםin the middleבְּתוֹךְof the nightהַלַּיְלָהand tookוַתִּקַּחmy sonאֶת בְּנִיfrom beside me,מֵאֶצְלִיwhile your servantוַאֲמָתְךָwas asleep,יְשֵׁנָהand laid himוַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵהוּin her bosom,בְּחֵיקָהּand her deadהַמֵּתsonוְאֶת בְּנָהּshe laidהִשְׁכִּיבָהin my bosom.בְחֵיקִי
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takam” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appearsbeside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsli” appearsfemale slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amat” appearsasleep
Asleep, sleeping.
Where else “yeshena” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “tashkive” appearsbosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “cheka” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears19And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.
20 · This verse (above)
21And I rose in the morning to nurse my son, and I saw that he was dead. But I looked closely at him in the morning, and I saw that it was not my son whom I had borne.”
