1 Kings 3:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”

Young's Literal Translation

and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.’

King James Bible

And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

Hebrew
The next morning,
בַּבֹּ֛קֶר (bab·bō·qer)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

when I got up
וָאָקֻ֥ם (wā·’ā·qum)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

to nurse
לְהֵינִ֥יק (lə·hê·nîq)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3243: To suck, to give milk

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

I discovered
וְהִנֵּה־ (wə·hin·nêh-)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

he was dead.
מֵ֑ת (mêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

But when I examined him,
וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן (wā·’eṯ·bō·w·nên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

I realized
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

that he was
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

the son
בְנִ֖י (ḇə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

I had borne.”
יָלָֽדְתִּי׃ (yā·lā·ḏə·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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