Melachim Alef 3:27

27 Then HaMelech answered and said, Give her the yeled hachai, and in no wise put him to death; she is immo (his mother).

Melachim Alef 3:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 3:27

Then the king answered and said, give her the living child,
and in no wise slay it
That is, to her who desired it might not be slain, but rather be given to her who had no right to it:

she [is] the mother thereof;
which might be strongly concluded from her compassion for it, her eagerness and earnestness to have its life spared, and from the indifference of the other, yea, from her cruelty and barbarity in moving to have it divided.

Melachim Alef 3:27 In-Context

25 And HaMelech said, Cut the yeled hachai in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

26 Then spoke unto HaMelech the isha whose was the ben hachai, for her rachamim yearned for her ben, and she said, O adoni, give her the yeled hachai, and in no wise put him to death. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but cut him in two!

27 Then HaMelech answered and said, Give her the yeled hachai, and in no wise put him to death; she is immo (his mother).

28 And kol Yisroel heard of the mishpat (judgment) in which HaMelech had given verdict; and they feared HaMelech; for they saw that the chochmat Elohim was within him, to administer mishpat (justice).