Tanach
Melachim I 3:24-27 מלכים א ג׳:כ״ד-כ״ז
Part of: Chapter 3
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וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ קְחוּ לִי־חָרֶב וַיָּבִאוּ הַחֶרֶב לִפְנֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
And the king said, “Bring me a sword,” and they brought a sword before the king.
And the king said, “Bring me a sword,” and they brought a sword before the king.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ גִּזְרוּ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד הַחַי לִשְׁנָיִם וּתְנוּ אֶֽת־הַחֲצִי לְאַחַת וְאֶֽת־הַחֲצִי לְאֶחָֽת׃
And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the [other] one.”
And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the [other] one.”
וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־בְּנָהּ הַחַי אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּֽי־נִכְמְרוּ רַחֲמֶיהָ עַל־בְּנָהּ וַתֹּאמֶר ׀ בִּי אֲדֹנִי תְּנוּ־לָהּ אֶת־הַיָּלוּד הַחַי וְהָמֵת אַל־תְּמִיתֻהוּ וְזֹאת אֹמֶרֶת גַּם־לִי גַם־לָךְ לֹא יִהְיֶה גְּזֹֽרוּ׃
The woman whose son was the live one said to the king, for her compassion for her son was aroused, and she said, “Please my master, give her the live child, and do not kill him.” But this [the other] one said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours, divide him.”
The woman whose son was the live one said to the king, for her compassion for her son was aroused, and she said, “Please my master, give her the live child, and do not kill him.” But this [the other] one said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours, divide him.”
וַיַּעַן הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר תְּנוּ־לָהּ אֶת־הַיָּלוּד הַחַי וְהָמֵת לֹא תְמִיתֻהוּ הִיא אִמּֽוֹ׃ {ס}
The king declared and said, “Give her the live child, and do not kill him. She is his mother.”
The king declared and said, “Give her the live child, and do not kill him. She is his mother.”
Rashi
היא אמו. בת קול הופיעה ואמרה: היא אמו (מכות כג ב):
She is his mother. A Divine voice appeared and said, “She is his mother.”26See Rashi in Maseches Makos 23b.