1 Kings 3:27
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The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed; for she is the mother thereof.

1 Kings 3:26
But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king; (for her bowels were moved upon her child) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine; but divide it.

1 Kings 3:28
And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.

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The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed; for she is the mother thereof.

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Solomon Judges Wisely
26But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king; (for her bowels were moved upon her child) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine; but divide it. 27The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed; for she is the mother thereof.28And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.…
Lexicon
Then the king
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

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

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

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

baby
הַיָּל֣וּד (hay·yā·lūḏ)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 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 Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

she
הִ֖יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 517: A mother, )


Additional Translations
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.”Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

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

Then the king answered and said, Give the child to her that said, 'Give it to her, and by no means slay it:' she is its mother.

And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother.

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

Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother of it.

Then the king answered, "Give her the living child, and in no way kill it. She is its mother."

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.'
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