I Kings 3 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 11_I_Kings_03

Attribution: I Kings 3 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 11_I_Kings_03, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
3:11	ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲙⲁⲟ ⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲛⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲉ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲕⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲉϣⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲩϩⲁⲡ ⲉⲧⲁⲁϥ	ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲕⲁⲓⲧⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲣⲙⲙⲁⲟ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲕⲁⲓⲧⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲕⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲣⲙⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲕⲉϣⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲟⲩϩⲁⲡ ⲉ̀ⲧⲏⲓϥ	enaṡōou ouoh ǹpekaiti ǹoum̀ntrmmao ouḋe ǹpekaiti ǹǹpsiṡy ǹnekgaji alla akaitei nak ǹoum̀ntrmnhyt èθrekeṡsōtem èouhap ètyif	And the Lord said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing of me, and hast not asked for thyself long life, and hast not asked wealth, nor hast asked the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to hear judgment;
3:12	ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲓⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲓϯ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲥⲁⲃⲉ ⲉⲛⲉⲥⲃⲱⲱϥ ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲓⲛⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲁⲧⲉⲕϩⲏ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲛⲉϩⲥⲉ ⲉϥⲧⲛⲧⲱⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ	ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲁⲓⲓ̀ⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲕⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲁⲓϯ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲃⲉ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉⲥⲃⲱⲱϥ ⲉ̀ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲓⲛⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲁ ⲧⲉⲕϩⲏ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲛⲉϩⲥⲉ ⲉϥⲧⲉⲛⲑⲱⲛⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ	is hyppe aiìri ǹpek·saji is hyppe aiti nak nouhyt ǹsave ènesbōōf èǹp̀ouon ǹtekmine ṡōpi xa tek·hy ouoh menensōk m̀mon ouon nanehse eftenθōnt èrok	behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee an understanding and wise heart: there has not been any one like thee before thee, and after thee there shall not arise one like thee.
3:13	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲙⲡⲉⲕⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲓⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲙⲁⲟ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲓⲛⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲧⲛⲧⲱⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲣⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲕⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲓⲧⲏⲓⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲣⲙⲙⲁⲟ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲱ̀ⲟⲩ ⲉⲙ̀ⲡⲉ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲓⲛⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉϥⲧⲉⲛⲑⲱⲛⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ	ouoh nète m̀pekaitei m̀mōou aityiou nak oum̀ntrmmao nem ouṑou em̀pe rōmi ǹtekmine ṡōpi eftenθōnt èrok xen nourōou tyrou	And I have given thee what thou hast not asked, wealth and glory, so that there has not been any one like thee among kings.
3:14	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲛⲧⲁϩⲓⲏ ⲉϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲛⲁⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲙⲛⲛⲁⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲅⲙⲁ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲡⲉⲕⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲁϣⲟ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲕϩⲟⲟⲩ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲕϣⲁⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲉⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲛⲁⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲁⲡ̀ⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲅⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁⲡⲉⲕⲓⲱⲧ ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ ⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲁϣⲟ ⲡⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲕⲉ̀ϩⲟⲟⲩ	ouoh akṡanmoṡi xen pamōit eàreh ènaentoly nem nap̀rostaġma ǹf̀ryti etapekiōt david moṡi ǹxytou tinataṡo pe ǹnekèhoou	And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days.
3:15	ⲥⲟⲗⲟⲙⲱⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲛⲉϩⲥⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲛⲡⲣⲁⲥⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲥⲟⲩ ⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲉ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲑⲓ︤ⲗ︦ⲏ︦ⲙ︥ ⲁϥϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲓϩⲏ ⲙⲡⲉⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲕⲓⲃⲱⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲛⲥⲓⲱⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲗⲟ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲉⲛϭⲗⲓⲗ ⲙⲛϩⲉⲛⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛϩⲟⲡ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲛⲉϥϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ	ⲥⲟⲗⲟⲙⲱⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲛⲉϩⲥⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲣⲁⲥⲟⲩⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲛⲁ ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲥⲟⲩⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲛ̀ⲙⲏⲓ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲧ̀ϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲁⲗⲏⲙ ⲁϥϩⲉⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲓϩⲏ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲡ̀ⲉⲧⲙⲡ̀ⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲕⲓⲃⲱⲧⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲥⲓⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲗⲟ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲛϭⲗⲓⲗ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲓⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̀ϩⲟⲡ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ	solomōn ḋe afnehse ehrai xen p̀rasoui ouoh is hyppe na ourasoui te ǹmyi aftōounf ḋe afvōk ehrai èt̀·hierousalym afhei èratf hihy ǹp̀θisiastyrion p̀etmp̀m̀θo èvol ǹt̀kibōtos ǹt̀ḋiaθyky ǹp̀ċois xen siōn ouoh aftalo ehrai ǹhanċlil nem hanθisia ǹeirynikon ouoh afiri ǹouniṡti ǹhop èrof ouoh ènefvōk tyrou	And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.

Provenance

title: I Kings 3
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 11_I_Kings_03
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: I Kings 3 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 11_I_Kings_03, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
file: Bible/Old Testament/I Kings/03.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: I Kings 3 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 03.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 11_I_Kings_03)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: I Kings 3 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 11_I_Kings_03, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier b, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: abbrev=1 aspirate_boundary_resolved=1 lexeme_L1-S-3=2 stroke_unified=4 th_resolved=1 tokens=105
file: Bible/Old Testament/I Kings/03.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: I Kings 3 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 03.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: I Kings 3 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 11_I_Kings_03, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Bible/Old Testament/I Kings/03.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt
what it is: DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines: 5 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 11_I_Kings_03 (5 lines)

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I Kings 3. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 11_I_Kings_03. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/i-kings/03.sahidic.scriptorium/. I Kings 3 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 11_I_Kings_03, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

What the layers are

L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.