1 Kings 3:19

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{ "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]" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֛מָת בֶּן־הָאִשָּׁ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לָ֑יְלָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁכְבָ֖ה עָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wayyāmāt son-of-the-ʾiššāh the-this laylāh, ʾăšer she šākĕbāh upon him.

Grammar Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *šākĕbāh ʿālāyw*: she lay upon him/she lay on him [possibly smothered him]

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  During the night, this woman's son died because she lay on him.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & this womans sonne died in the nighte (for she smoored him in the slepe)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And this womans sonne died in the night: for she ouerlay him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And this wiues childe died in the night, for she smothered it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This woman’s child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.