1 Kings 3:20

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{ "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" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתָּקָם֩ בְּת֨וֹךְ הַלַּ֜יְלָה וַתִּקַּ֧ח אֶת־בְּנִ֣י מֵֽאֶצְלִ֗י וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ יְשֵׁנָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ בְּחֵיקָ֑הּ וְאֶת־בְּנָ֥הּ הַמֵּ֖ת הִשְׁכִּ֥יבָה בְחֵיקִֽי׃

Transliteration

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 Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmâ*: maidservant/handmaid/female servant
• *yĕšēnāh*: asleep/sleeping
• *ḥêq*: bosom/lap/embrace

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So she got up in the middle of the night, took my son from my side while I was asleep, and laid him in her arms. She then placed her dead son in my arms.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and she rose vp in the nighte, and toke my sonne fro my syde (where thy handmayde slepte,) and layed it in hir arme, and hir deed sonne layed she in myne arme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And she rose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaide slept, and layde him in her bosome, and layde her dead sonne in my bosome.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And she rose at midnight and toke my sonne from my syde while thyne handmayde slept, and layde it in her bosome, and put her dead childe in my bosome.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me -- and thy handmaid is asleep -- and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

• World English Bible (2000)

  She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.

Referenced Verses

• Job 24:13-17 : 13 { "verseID": "Job.24.13", "source": "הֵ֤מָּה ׀ הָיוּ֮ בְּֽמֹרְדֵ֫י־א֥וֹר לֹֽא־הִכִּ֥ירוּ דְרָכָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יָ֝שְׁב֗וּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו", "text": "They *hāyû bəmōrdê-ʾôr lōʾ-hikkîrû dərāḵāyw wəlōʾ yāšbû bintîbōtāyw*", "grammar": { "*hāyû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they are/were'", "*bəmōrdê-ʾôr*": "preposition *bə* + qal participle masculine plural construct + noun masculine singular - 'among rebels of light'", "*lōʾ-hikkîrû*": "negative particle + hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they do not recognize'", "*dərāḵāyw*": "noun feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his ways'", "*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction *wə* + negative particle - 'and not'", "*yāšbû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they dwell/sit/remain'", "*bintîbōtāyw*": "preposition *bə* + noun feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'in his paths'" }, "variants": { "*hāyû*": "are/were/became", "*mōrdê-ʾôr*": "rebels of light/those who revolt against light", "*hikkîrû*": "recognize/acknowledge/know", "*dərāḵāyw*": "his ways/roads/paths", "*yāšbû*": "dwell/sit/remain", "*bintîbōtāyw*": "in his paths/trails/courses" } } 14 { "verseID": "Job.24.14", "source": "לָא֡וֹר יָ֘ק֤וּם רוֹצֵ֗חַ יִֽקְטָל־עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה יְהִ֣י כַגַּנָּֽב", "text": "At *ʾôr yāqûm rôṣēaḥ yiqṭāl-ʿānî wəʾebyôn ûballaylâ yəhî ḵaggannāb*", "grammar": { "*ʾôr*": "noun masculine singular with preposition *lə* - 'at light/daybreak'", "*yāqûm*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he rises'", "*rôṣēaḥ*": "qal participle masculine singular - 'murderer/killer'", "*yiqṭāl-ʿānî*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + noun masculine singular - 'he kills poor'", "*wəʾebyôn*": "conjunction *wə* + noun masculine singular - 'and needy'", "*ûballaylâ*": "conjunction *û* + preposition *bə* + definite article + noun masculine singular - 'and in the night'", "*yəhî*": "qal imperfect jussive 3rd person masculine singular - 'he is/becomes'", "*ḵaggannāb*": "preposition *kə* + definite article + noun masculine singular - 'like the thief'" }, "variants": { "*ʾôr*": "light/daybreak/dawn", "*yāqûm*": "rises/gets up/stands", "*rôṣēaḥ*": "murderer/killer", "*yiqṭāl*": "kills/murders/slays", "*ʿānî*": "poor/afflicted/humble", "*ʾebyôn*": "needy/poor/beggar", "*ballaylâ*": "in the night/during darkness", "*yəhî*": "is/becomes/acts", "*ḵaggannāb*": "like the thief/as a robber" } } 15 { "verseID": "Job.24.15", "source": "וְעֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי עָ֑יִן וְסֵ֖תֶר פָּנִ֣ים יָשִֽׂים", "text": "And *ʿên nōʾēp šāmərâ nešep lēʾmōr lōʾ-təšûrēnî ʿāyin wəsēter pānîm yāśîm*", "grammar": { "*ʿên*": "noun feminine singular construct - 'eye of'", "*nōʾēp*": "qal participle masculine singular - 'adulterer'", "*šāmərâ*": "qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'watches/waits for'", "*nešep*": "noun masculine singular - 'twilight/dusk'", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition *lə* + qal infinitive construct - 'saying'", "*lōʾ-təšûrēnî*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - 'will not see me'", "*ʿāyin*": "noun feminine singular - 'eye'", "*wəsēter*": "conjunction *wə* + noun masculine singular construct - 'and covering of'", "*pānîm*": "noun masculine plural - 'face'", "*yāśîm*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he places/sets'" }, "variants": { "*ʿên*": "eye/sight", "*nōʾēp*": "adulterer/one who commits adultery", "*šāmərâ*": "watches/waits for/observes", "*nešep*": "twilight/dusk/darkness", "*lēʾmōr*": "saying/thinking", "*təšûrēnî*": "will see me/will look at me/will observe me", "*ʿāyin*": "eye/sight", "*sēter*": "covering/hiding place/disguise", "*pānîm*": "face/presence/person", "*yāśîm*": "places/sets/puts" } } 16 { "verseID": "Job.24.16", "source": "חָתַ֥ר בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר", "text": "He *ḥātar baḥōšeḵ bāttîm yômām ḥittəmû-lāmô lōʾ-yādəʿû ʾôr*", "grammar": { "*ḥātar*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he digs through'", "*baḥōšeḵ*": "preposition *bə* + definite article + noun masculine singular - 'in the darkness'", "*bāttîm*": "noun masculine plural - 'houses'", "*yômām*": "adverb - 'by day'", "*ḥittəmû-lāmô*": "piel perfect 3rd person common plural + preposition *lə* + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'they seal for themselves'", "*lōʾ-yādəʿû*": "negative particle + qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they do not know'", "*ʾôr*": "noun masculine singular - 'light'" }, "variants": { "*ḥātar*": "digs through/breaks into", "*baḥōšeḵ*": "in the darkness/during night", "*bāttîm*": "houses/homes/dwellings", "*yômām*": "by day/during daylight", "*ḥittəmû-lāmô*": "they seal for themselves/they shut themselves up", "*yādəʿû*": "know/recognize/acknowledge", "*ʾôr*": "light/daylight" } } 17 { "verseID": "Job.24.17", "source": "כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו ׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת", "text": "For *yaḥdāw bōqer lāmô ṣalmāwet kî-yakkîr balhôt ṣalmāwet*", "grammar": { "*yaḥdāw*": "adverb - 'together/alike'", "*bōqer*": "noun masculine singular - 'morning'", "*lāmô*": "preposition *lə* + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'to them'", "*ṣalmāwet*": "noun masculine singular - 'deep darkness/shadow of death'", "*kî-yakkîr*": "conjunction *kî* + hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'for he recognizes/knows'", "*balhôt*": "noun feminine plural construct - 'terrors of'", "*ṣalmāwet*": "noun masculine singular - 'deep darkness/shadow of death'" }, "variants": { "*yaḥdāw*": "together/alike/all of them", "*bōqer*": "morning/daybreak/dawn", "*ṣalmāwet*": "deep darkness/shadow of death/thick darkness", "*yakkîr*": "recognizes/knows/is familiar with", "*balhôt*": "terrors/sudden terrors/alarms" } }
• Ps 139:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Psalms.139.11", "source": "וָ֭אֹמַר אַךְ־חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה א֣וֹר בַּעֲדֵֽנִי׃", "text": "And-*ʾōmar* surely-*ḥōšek yəšûpēnî*; and-*laylâ ʾôr baʿădēnî*", "grammar": { "*ʾōmar*": "verb, Qal imperfect 1st person singular + waw consecutive - and I say", "*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*yəšûpēnî*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - it overwhelms me", "*laylâ*": "noun, masculine singular - night", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light", "*baʿădēnî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - around me/about me" }, "variants": { "*ʾōmar*": "say/speak/think", "*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity", "*yəšûpēnî*": "overwhelm me/cover me/crush me/bruise me", "*laylâ*": "night/nighttime", "*ʾôr*": "light/daylight", "*baʿădēnî*": "around me/about me/surrounding me" } }
• Matt 13:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Matthew.13.25", "source": "Ἐν δὲ τῷ καθεύδειν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἦλθεν αὐτοῦ ὁ ἐχθρὸς καὶ ἔσπειρεν ζιζάνια ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σίτου, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν.", "text": "In *de* the *katheudein tous anthrōpous*, *ēlthen autou ho echthros* and *espeiren zizania ana meson tou sitou*, and *apēlthen*.", "grammar": { "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and/now", "*katheudein*": "present active infinitive - to sleep", "*tous anthrōpous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - the men/people", "*ēlthen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - came", "*autou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of him/his", "*ho echthros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the enemy", "*espeiren*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - sowed", "*zizania*": "accusative, neuter, plural - tares/weeds/darnel", "*ana meson*": "prepositional phrase - among/in the midst of", "*tou sitou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of the wheat", "*apēlthen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - went away/departed" }, "variants": { "*katheudein*": "sleeping/to sleep", "*echthros*": "enemy/foe/adversary", "*zizania*": "tares/darnel/weeds (likely Lolium temulentum)", "*sitou*": "wheat/grain", "*apēlthen*": "went away/departed/left" } }
• John 3:20 : 20 { "verseID": "John.3.20", "source": "Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς, καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.", "text": "For *pas ho phaula prassōn misei to phōs*, and not *erchetai pros to phōs*, so that not *elegchthē ta erga autou*.", "grammar": { "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because", "*pas*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all", "*phaula*": "accusative, neuter, plural - evil/worthless things", "*prassōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - doing/practicing", "*misei*": "present, 3rd singular - hates", "*phōs*": "accusative, neuter, singular - light", "*erchetai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - comes", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward", "*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*elegchthē*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be exposed", "*erga*": "nominative, neuter, plural - works/deeds", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - his" }, "variants": { "*phaula*": "worthless/evil/bad/base things", "*prassōn*": "practicing/doing/performing", "*misei*": "hates/detests", "*elegchthē*": "might be exposed/reproved/convicted" } }