1 Kings 3:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

Young's Literal Translation
And the king answereth and saith, ‘Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she [is] its mother.’

King James Bible
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she [is] the mother thereof.

Hebrew
Then the king
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

gave his ruling:
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Give
תְּנוּ־ (tə·nū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

the living
הַחַ֔י (ha·ḥay)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

baby
הַיָּל֣וּד (hay·yā·lūḏ)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

to the first woman.
לָהּ֙ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

By no means
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

should you kill him;
תְמִיתֻ֑הוּ (ṯə·mî·ṯu·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

she
הִ֖יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is his mother.”
אִמּֽוֹ׃ (’im·mōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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