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1 Kings 3:23 — King James Version← Study notes

Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.


1 Kings 3:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 3:2317 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
זֹ֣אתzōʾt
hereby (-inprepH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
אֹמֶ֔רֶתʾōmeret
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
זֶהzeh
heprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
בְּנִ֥/יbəniy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הַ/חַ֖יhaḥay
aliveparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
וּ/בְנֵ֣/ךְwbənēkə
sonconjH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הַ/מֵּ֑תhamēt
dead (bodyparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וְ/זֹ֤אתwəzōʾt
hereby (-inconjH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
אֹמֶ֨רֶת֙ʾōmeret
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
כִ֔יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בְּנֵ֥/ךְbənēkə
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הַ/מֵּ֖תhamēt
dead (bodyparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וּ/בְנִ֥/יwbəniy
sonconjH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הֶ/חָֽיheḥāy
aliveparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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