1 Kings 3:21
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And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
In other translations
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
Hebrew words
וָאָקֻםva'akumand I roseH6965בַּבֹּקֶרbabokerin the morningH1242לְהֵינִיקleheinikto suckleH3243אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּנִיbenison myH1121וְהִנֵּה־vehineh-and there!H2009מֵתmethe had diedH4191וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵןva'etbonenand I looked carefullyH995אֵלָיו'elavto himH413בַּבֹּקֶרbabokerin the morningH1242וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009לֹא־lo'-notH3808הָיָהhayahit wasH1961בְנִיvenison myH1121אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834יָלָדְתִּי׃yaladetiI had borneH3205
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 21:7And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
- 1 Samuel 1:23And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
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