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General Information:

The real mother asks the king to spare the child's life.

her heart was full of compassion for her son

This speaks of the woman having a lot of compassion as if her heart were a container and compassion were a solid object. AT: "she greatly loved her baby" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

all Israel

This is a generalization. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/compassion
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god