The child said this because his head hurt. The meaning of this can be made clear. AT: "My head hurts! My head hurts!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# the child sat on her knees until noon and then died
Here the woman's knees refer to her lap. She held her son in her lap until he died. AT: "she held him on her lap until noon and then he died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])