1 Kings 3:22
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.

Young's Literal Translation

And the other woman saith, ‘Nay, but my son [is] the living, and thy son the dead;’ and this [one] saith, ‘Nay, but thy son [is] the dead, and my son the living.’ And they speak before the king.

King James Bible

And the other woman said, Nay; but the living [is] my son, and the dead [is] thy son. And this said, No; but the dead [is] thy son, and the living [is] my son. Thus they spake before the king.

Hebrew
“No,”
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

said
וַתֹּאמֶר֩ (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the other
הָאַחֶ֜רֶת (hā·’a·ḥe·reṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

woman,
הָאִשָּׁ֨ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

“the living one [is]
הַחַי֙ (ha·ḥay)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

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

and the dead one [is]
הַמֵּ֔ת (ham·mêṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

your son.”
וּבְנֵ֣ךְ (ū·ḇə·nêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

But the first woman
וְזֹ֤את (wə·zōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

insisted,
אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙ (’ō·me·reṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“No,
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

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

yours
בְּנֵ֥ךְ (bə·nêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

and the living one [is]
הֶחָ֑י (he·ḥāy)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

mine.”
וּבְנִ֣י (ū·ḇə·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

So they argued
וַתְּדַבֵּ֖רְנָה (wat·tə·ḏab·bê·rə·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the king.
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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