Study it in the app“The king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, and let us eat him today, and my son we will eat tomorrow.’”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“What is the matterמַהwith you?”לָּךְShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר“This womanהָאִשָּׁה הַזֹּאתsaidאָמְרָהto me,אֵלַי‘Giveתְּנִיyour son,בְּנֵךְand let us eat himוְנֹאכְלֶנּוּtoday,הַיּוֹםand my sonוְ בְּנִיwe will eatנֹאכַלtomorrow.’מָחָר
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “teni” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “nochle” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearstomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appearsDeuteronomy 28:53-57 and Leviticus 26:29 announced this very thing for the siege of a people that abandoned the covenant.
27He said, “If YHWH does not save you, from where shall I save you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”
28 · This verse (above)
29So we cooked my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, and let us eat him’; but she has hidden her son.”
