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1 Kings 3:16

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

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אָ֣זazat which timeאָזadverb — “at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.תָּבֹ֗אנָהtavonahto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…שְׁתַּ֛יִםshetayimtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, absolute — “two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.נָשִׁ֥יםnashimeachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.זֹנ֖וֹתzonotarmourזֹנוֹתverb, qal, participle, absolute — “armour”, a verb used as a describing wordH2185harlotsarmour.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַמֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דְנָהvataamodenahand standעָמַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and stand”, the next action in the storyH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…לְפָנָֽיוlefanayvto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Young’s Literal Translation

then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,

World English Bible

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

Darby Translation

Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

Douay-Rheims

Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τότε ὤφθησαν δύο γυναῖκες πόρναι τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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