And the otherוַ הָאַחֶרֶתwomanהָאִשָּׁהsaid,תֹּאמֶר“No,לֹא כִיmy sonבְּנִיis the living one,הַחַיand your sonוּבְנֵךְis the dead one.”הַמֵּתAnd this oneוְזֹאתsaid,אֹמֶרֶת“No,לֹא כִיyour sonבְּנֵךְis the dead one,הַמֵּתand my sonוּבְנִיis the living one.”הֶחָיAnd they spokeוַתְּדַבֵּרְנָהbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
1 Kings 3:22
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 3:22, word by word
- And the otherאַחֶרֶתacheret
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acheret” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- is the living oneחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- is the dead oneמֵּתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- And they spokeתְּדַבֵּרְנָהtedaberna
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaberna” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
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.”
22 · This verse (above)
23And the king said, “This one says, ‘This is my son, the living one, and your son is the dead one’; and this one says, ‘No, your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”