1 Kings 3:26
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”

Young's Literal Translation

And the woman whose son [is] the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, ‘O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;’ and this [one] saith, ‘Let it be neither mine or thine—cut [it].’

King James Bible

Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].

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

whose
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

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

was alive
הַחַ֜י (ha·ḥay)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

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

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

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

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

she yearned
נִכְמְר֣וּ (niḵ·mə·rū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3648: To intertwine, contract, to shrivel, to be deeply affected with passion

with compassion
רַחֲמֶיהָ֮ (ra·ḥă·me·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7356: Compassion, the womb, a maiden

for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

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

“My lord,”
אֲדֹנִ֗י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

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

“give
תְּנוּ־ (tə·nū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

her
לָהּ֙ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

the living
הַחַ֔י (ha·ḥay)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

baby.
הַיָּל֣וּד (hay·yā·lūḏ)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

Please
בִּ֣י (bî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 994: Oh that!, with leave, if it please

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

kill him!”
תְּמִיתֻ֑הוּ (tə·mî·ṯu·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

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

[woman] said,
אֹמֶ֗רֶת (’ō·me·reṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“He will not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be
יִהְיֶ֖ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

mine
לִ֥י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

or
גַם־ (ḡam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

yours.
לָ֛ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

Cut him in two!”
גְּזֹֽרוּ׃ (gə·zō·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1504: To cut down, off, to destroy, divide, exclude, decide

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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