1 Kings 3:20
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
עַד
ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
a female slave (as a member of the household)
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
חֵיק
chêyq
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
חֵיק
chêyq
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →עַד ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Study H5704 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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