Exodus 1:15 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 1:15

Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

KJV

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hebrew midwifes - Or “midwives of the Hebrew women.” This measure at once attested the inefficacy of the former measures, and was the direct cause of the event which issued in the deliverance of Israel, namely, the exposure of Moses. The women bear Egyptian names, and were probably Egyptians.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The two midwives he tampered with in order hereunto are here named; and perhaps, at this time, which was above eighty years before their going out of Egypt, those two might suffice for all the Hebrew women, at least so many of them as lay near the court, as it is plain by ch. ii.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת	lam.ya.le.Dot	to the midwives	H3205 →
הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת	ha.'iv.ri.Yot	<the> Hebrew	H5680 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
שֵׁ֤ם	shem	[the] name of	H8034 →
הָֽאַחַת֙	ha.'a.Chat	the one	H259 →
שִׁפְרָ֔ה	shif.Rah	[was] Shiphrah	H8236 →
וְשֵׁ֥ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית	ha.she.Nit	the second	H8145 →
פּוּעָֽה׃	pu.'Ah	[was] Puah	H6326 →