18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 3:18:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֞יvayehiand it happened 1 Kings 3:18:2 ⧉בַּיּ֤וֹםbayomon the day 1 Kings 3:18:3 ⧉הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙hashelishithe third 1 Kings 3:18:4 ⧉לְלִדְתִּ֔יlelidtiafter my giving birth 1 Kings 3:18:5 ⧉וַתֵּ֖לֶדvateledand she gave birth 1 Kings 3:18:6 ⧉גַּם־הָאִשָּׁ֣הgamhaishaalso the woman 1 Kings 3:18:7 ⧉הַזֹּ֑אתhazotthis 1 Kings 3:18:8 ⧉וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּvaanakhnuand we 1 Kings 3:18:9 ⧉יַחְדָּ֗וyakhdavtogether 1 Kings 3:18:10 ⧉אֵֽין־זָ֤רenzarthere is no outsider 1 Kings 3:18:11 ⧉אִתָּ֙נוּ֙itanuwith us 1 Kings 3:18:12 ⧉בַּבַּ֔יִתbabayitin the house 1 Kings 3:18:13 ⧉זוּלָתִ֥יzulatiexcept 1 Kings 3:18:14 ⧉שְׁתַּֽיִם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּshetayimanakhnuwe two 1 Kings 3:18:15 ⧉בַּבָּֽיִת׃babaytin the house |
18. Formal Translation And it happened on the third day after my giving birth that this woman also gave birth; and we were together—no stranger {zar: outsider, non-family} was with us in the house, only the two of us were in the house. |
18. Dynamic Translation Three days after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone together {yachdav: in close company, united}; no outsider was with us in the house, just the two of us there. |