KJV: And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
YLT: And the other woman saith, 'Nay, but my son is the living, and thy son the dead;' and this one saith, 'Nay, but thy son is the dead, and my son the living.' And they speak before the king.
Darby: And the other woman said, No, for the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this one said, No, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.
ASV: And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
וַתֹּאמֶר֩ | And said |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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הָאִשָּׁ֨ה | the woman |
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female. |
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הָאַחֶ֜רֶת | other |
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular Root: אַחֵר Sense: another, other, following. |
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לֹ֣א | No |
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no. |
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בְּנִ֤י | my son |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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הַחַי֙ | the living one [is] |
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חַי Sense: living, alive. |
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וּבְנֵ֣ךְ | and your son |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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הַמֵּ֔ת | The dead one [is] |
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |
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וְזֹ֤את | and this [woman] |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such. |
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אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙ | said |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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בְּנֵ֥ךְ | your son |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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הַמֵּ֖ת | the dead one [is] |
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |
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וּבְנִ֣י | and my son |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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הֶחָ֑י | The living one [is] |
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חַי Sense: living, alive. |
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וַתְּדַבֵּ֖רְנָה | thus they spoke |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural Root: דָּבַר Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing. |
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לִפְנֵ֥י | before |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face. |
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הַמֶּֽלֶךְ | the king |
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king. |