Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibleand the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.” Young's Literal Translation and the king saith, ‘Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.’ King James Bible And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Hebrew and the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king declared, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Cut גִּזְר֛וּ (giz·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1504: To cut down, off, to destroy, divide, exclude, decide the living הַחַ֖י (ha·ḥay) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life child הַיֶּ֥לֶד (hay·ye·leḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring in two לִשְׁנָ֑יִם (liš·nā·yim) Preposition-l | Number - md Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) and give וּתְנ֤וּ (ū·ṯə·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set half הַחֲצִי֙ (ha·ḥă·ṣî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2677: The half, middle to one לְאַחַ֔ת (lə·’a·ḥaṯ) Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first and half הַחֲצִ֖י (ha·ḥă·ṣî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2677: The half, middle to the other.” לְאֶחָֽת׃ (lə·’e·ḥāṯ) Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first |