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And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Cutגִּזְרוּthe livingהַחַיchildאֶת הַיֶּלֶדin two,לִשְׁנָיִםand giveוּתְנוּhalfאֶת הַחֲצִיto the oneלְאַחַתand halfוְאֶת הַחֲצִיto the other.”לְאֶחָת
1 Kings 3:25
Study it in the app“And the king said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 3:25, 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- “Cutגִּזְרוּgizru
cut
To divide something into parts with one cut.
Where else “gizru” appears- the livingחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- childיֶּלֶדyeled
child
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeled” appears- in twoשְׁנָיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- and giveתְנוּtenu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tenu” appears- halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- to the oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears
The context
24And the king said, “Get me a sword.” And they brought the sword before the king.
25 · This verse (above)
26Then the woman whose son was the living one said to the king, because her inner parts were stirred for her son, and she said, “Pardon me, my lord, give her the living newborn, and do not by any means put him to death!” But this one said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; cut him!”