1 Kings 3:20
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Berean Study Bible

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

Young's Literal Translation

and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me—and thy handmaid is asleep—and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

King James Bible

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

Hebrew
So she got up
וַתָּקָם֩ (wat·tā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

in the middle
בְּת֨וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

of the night
הַלַּ֜יְלָה (hal·lay·lāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

and took
וַתִּקַּ֧ח (wat·tiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

my son
בְּנִ֣י (bə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

from my side
מֵֽאֶצְלִ֗י (mê·’eṣ·lî)
Preposition-m | first person common singular
Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity

while
וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 519: A maidservant, female slave

I was asleep.
יְשֵׁנָ֔ה (yə·šê·nāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 3463: Sleeping

She laid him
וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ (wat·taš·kî·ḇê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

in her bosom
בְּחֵיקָ֑הּ (bə·ḥê·qāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2436: The bosom

and put
הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָה (hiš·kî·ḇāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

her dead
הַמֵּ֖ת (ham·mêṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

son
בְּנָ֥הּ (bə·nāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

at my bosom.
בְחֵיקִֽי׃ (ḇə·ḥê·qî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2436: The bosom

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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