1 KINGS 3:19

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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1 Kings 3:19 Translation & Meaning

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And this הַזֹּ֖את This (often used adverb) And this
woman's הָֽאִשָּׁ֥ה A woman womans
child בֶּן A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) child
died וַיָּ֛מָת To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill died
in the night; לָ֑יְלָה Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity night
because אֲשֶׁ֥ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc because
she overlaid שָֽׁכְבָ֖ה To lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) overlaid
it. עָלָֽיו׃ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications it

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  • 17  And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

  • 18  And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

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

  • 20  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.

  • 21  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.




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