And I roseוָאָקֻםin the morningבַּבֹּקֶרto nurseלְהֵינִיקmy son,אֶת בְּנִיand I saw thatוְהִנֵּהhe was dead.מֵתBut I looked closelyוָאֶתְבּוֹנֵןat himאֵלָיוin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרand I saw thatוְהִנֵּהit was notלֹא הָיָהmy sonבְנִיwhomאֲשֶׁרI had borne.”יָלָדְתִּי
1 Kings 3:21
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yaladti” appears
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.