1 Kings 3:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.”

1 Kings 3:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 3:2713 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּ֨עַןwayaʿan

give accountconjH6030

afflict (by mistake for

הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

תְּנוּtənw

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לָ/הּ֙lāh

pron

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/יָּל֣וּדhayālwd

bearparticleH3205

beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···

הַ/חַ֔יhaḥay

aliveparticleH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

וְ/הָמֵ֖תwəhāmēt

dead (bodyconjH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תְמִיתֻ֑/הוּtəmiytuhw

dead (bodyverbH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

הִ֖יאhiyʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

אִמּֽ/וֹʾimwō

damnounH517

mother · parting

ℹWords 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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