And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaid,יֹּאמֶר“This oneזֹאתsays,אֹמֶרֶת‘Thisזֶהis my son,בְּנִיthe living one,הַחַיand your sonוּבְנֵךְis the dead one’;הַמֵּתand this oneוְזֹאתsays,אֹמֶרֶת‘No,לֹא כִיyour sonבְּנֵךְis the dead one,הַמֵּתand my sonוּבְנִיis the living one.’”הֶחָי
1 Kings 3:23
Study it in the app“And 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 3:23, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- is my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- the living oneחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- is the dead one’מֵּתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24And the king said, “Get me a sword.” And they brought the sword before the king.