Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThen 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 kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (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, ) |