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And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Getקְחוּmeלִיa sword.”חָרֶבAnd they broughtוַיָּבִאוּthe swordהַחֶרֶבbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
1 Kings 3:24
Study it in the app“And the king said, “Get me a sword.” And they brought the sword before the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 3:24, 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- “Getקְחוּkechu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kechu” appears- a swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- And they broughtיָּבִאוּyaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yaviu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
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.’”
24 · This verse (above)
25And the king said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”