1 Kings 3:21

“And 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.””

1 Kings 3:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 3:21, word by word

And I roseאָקֻםakum

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

Where else “akum” appears
in the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

Where else “boker” appears
to nurseהֵינִיקhenik

nurse

To give a baby the breast, the mother or the woman who nurses him.

Where else “henik” appears
my sonבְּנִbeni

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “beni” appears
he was deadמֵתmet

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

Where else “met” appears
But I looked closelyאֶתְבּוֹנֵןetbonen

consider

To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.

Where else “etbonen” appears
it was notהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
I had borneיָלָדְתִּיyaladti

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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The context

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.

21 · This verse (above)

22And the other woman said, “No, my son is the living one, and your son is the dead one.” And this one said, “No, your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.” And they spoke before the king.

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