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And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְansweredיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Giveתְּנוּherלָהּthe livingהַחַיnewborn,אֶת הַיָּלוּדand do notוְ לֹאby any meansהָמֵתput him to death;תְמִיתֻהוּsheהִיאis his mother.”אִמּוֹ
1 Kings 3:27
Study it in the app“And the king answered and said, “Give her the living newborn, and do not by any means put him to death; she is his mother.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 3:27, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Giveתְּנוּtenu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tenu” appears- the livingחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- newbornיָּלוּדyalud
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yalud” appears- by any meansהָמֵתhamet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “hamet” appears- is his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears
The context
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!”
27 · This verse (above)
28And all Israel heard the judgment that the king had judged, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of Elohim was in him to execute judgment.