King James Version

1 Kings 1:16

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

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וַתִּקֹּ֣דvatiqodand stoopקָדַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and stoop”, the next action in the storyH6915to shrivel up, i.e. contract or bend the body (or neck) in deferencebow (down) (the) head, stoop.בַּתbatBath-shebaבַּת־שֶׁבַעnoun, proper name — “Bath-sheba”H1339Bath-Sheba, the mother of SolomonBath-sheba.שֶׁ֔בַעshevaBath-shebaבַּת־שֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “Bath-sheba”, the ordinary formH1339Bath-Sheba, the mother of SolomonBath-sheba.וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvatishtachvand crouchשָׁחָהconjunction, verb, hishtaphel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and crouch”, the next action in the storyH7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.לַמֶּ֑לֶךְlamelekhto kingמֶלֶךְpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הַמֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.לָּֽךְlakhetoלָּֽךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king. And the king said: 'What wouldest thou?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Young’s Literal Translation

and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, 'What — to thee?'

World English Bible

Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”

Darby Translation

And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Douay-Rheims

Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king. And the king said: 'What wouldest thou?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Bersabee bowed, and did obeisance to the king; and the king said, What is thy request?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔκυψε Βηρσαβεὲ, καὶ προσεκύνησε τῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς, τί ἔστι σοί;