19 {
"verseID": "1 Kings.3.19",
"source": "וַיָּ֛מָת בֶּן־הָאִשָּׁ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לָ֑יְלָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁכְבָ֖ה עָלָֽיו׃",
"text": "And *wayyāmāt* son-of-the-*ʾiššāh* the-this *laylāh*, *ʾăšer* she *šākĕbāh* upon him.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāmāt*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he died",
"*ben*": "noun, masculine singular construct - son of",
"*hāʾiššāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the woman",
"*hazzōʾt*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this",
"*laylāh*": "noun, masculine singular - night",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - because/when",
"*šākĕbāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she lay",
"*ʿālāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him"
},
"variants": {
"*šākĕbāh ʿālāyw*": "she lay upon him/she lay on him [possibly smothered him]"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "1 Kings.3.20",
"source": "וַתָּקָם֩ בְּת֨וֹךְ הַלַּ֜יְלָה וַתִּקַּ֧ח אֶת־בְּנִ֣י מֵֽאֶצְלִ֗י וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ יְשֵׁנָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ בְּחֵיקָ֑הּ וְאֶת־בְּנָ֥הּ הַמֵּ֖ת הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָה בְחֵיקִֽי׃",
"text": "And she *wattāqām* in-middle of-the-*laylāh* and she *wattiqqaḥ* *ʾet*-my son from-beside me and-your *ʾāmâ* *yĕšēnāh*, and she *wattaškîbēhû* in-her bosom, and-*ʾet*-her son the-*mēt* she *hiškîbāh* in-my bosom.",
"grammar": {
"*wattāqām*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she arose",
"*bĕtôk*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the middle of",
"*hallaylāh*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the night",
"*wattiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she took",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*bĕnî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my son",
"*mēʾeṣlî*": "preposition + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from beside me",
"*waʾămātĕkā*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your maidservant",
"*yĕšēnāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - asleep/sleeping",
"*wattaškîbēhû*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and she laid him",
"*bĕḥêqāh*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her bosom",
"*bĕnāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her son",
"*hammēt*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the dead",
"*hiškîbāh*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she laid",
"*bĕḥêqî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - in my bosom"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāmâ*": "maidservant/handmaid/female servant",
"*yĕšēnāh*": "asleep/sleeping",
"*ḥêq*": "bosom/lap/embrace"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "1 Kings.3.21",
"source": "וָאָקֻ֥ם בַּבֹּ֛קֶר לְהֵינִ֥יק אֶת־בְּנִ֖י וְהִנֵּה־מֵ֑ת וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן אֵלָיו֙ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּ֛ה לֹֽא־הָיָ֥ה בְנִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלָֽדְתִּי׃",
"text": "And I *wāʾāqum* in-the-*bōqer* to-*lĕhênîq* *ʾet*-my son, and-behold-*mēt*; and I *wāʾetbônēn* to him in-the-*bōqer*, and-behold not-*hāyāh* my son whom I *yālādtî*.",
"grammar": {
"*wāʾāqum*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I arose",
"*babbōqer*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the morning",
"*lĕhênîq*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to nurse/to give suck",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*bĕnî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my son",
"*wĕhinnēh*": "conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold",
"*mēt*": "adjective, masculine singular - dead",
"*wāʾetbônēn*": "waw consecutive + Hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - and I examined closely",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - at him",
"*lōʾ-hāyāh*": "negative particle + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was not",
"*bĕnî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my son",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - whom",
"*yālādtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I bore/gave birth to"
},
"variants": {
"*lĕhênîq*": "to nurse/to breastfeed/to suckle",
"*wāʾetbônēn*": "I examined closely/I looked carefully/I observed intently"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "1 Kings.3.22",
"source": "וַתֹּאמֶר֩ הָאִשָּׁ֨ה הָאַחֶ֜רֶת לֹ֣א כִ֗י בְּנִ֤י הַחַי֙ וּבְנֵ֣ךְ הַמֵּ֔ת וְזֹ֤את אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א כִ֔י בְּנֵ֥ךְ הַמֵּ֖ת וּבְנִ֣י הֶחָ֑י וַתְּדַבֵּ֖רְנָה לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃",
"text": "And *wattōʾmer* the-*ʾiššāh* the-other: No, for my son is the-*ḥay* and-your son is the-*mēt*; and-this one *ʾōmeret*: No, for your son is the-*mēt* and-my son is the-*heḥāy*; and they *wattĕdabbērnāh* before the-*melek*.",
"grammar": {
"*wattōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said",
"*hāʾiššāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the woman",
"*hāʾaḥeret*": "definite article + adjective, feminine singular - the other",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*bĕnî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my son",
"*haḥay*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the living",
"*ûbĕnēk*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - and your son",
"*hammēt*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the dead",
"*wĕzōʾt*": "conjunction + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - and this one",
"*ʾōmeret*": "Qal participle, feminine singular - says/is saying",
"*bĕnēk*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your son",
"*ûbĕnî*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my son",
"*heḥāy*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the living",
"*wattĕdabbērnāh*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - and they spoke",
"*lipnê*": "preposition + noun, common plural construct - before",
"*hammelek*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the king"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥay*": "living/alive",
"*mēt*": "dead/deceased"
}
}