Exodus 1:19
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
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ASV
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.
KJV
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ | va.to.Mar.na | and they said | H559 → |
| הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ | ham.ya.le.Dot | the midwives | H3205 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| פַּרְעֹ֔ה | par.'Oh | Pharaoh | H6547 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| לֹ֧א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| כַנָּשִׁ֛ים | kha.na.Shim | [are] like the women | H802 → |
| הַמִּצְרִיֹּ֖ת | ha.mitz.ri.Yot | <the> Egyptian | H4713 → |
| הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת | ha.'iv.ri.Yot | the Hebrew [women] | H5680 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| חָי֣וֹת | cha.Yot | [are] vigorous | H2422 → |
| הֵ֔נָּה | He.nah | they | H2007 → |
| בְּטֶ֨רֶם | be.Te.rem | <in> before | H2962 → |
| תָּב֧וֹא | ta.Vo' | she comes | H935 → |
| אֲלֵהֶ֛ן | 'a.le.Hen | to them | H413 → |
| הַמְיַלֶּ֖דֶת | ham.ya.Le.det | the midwife | H3205 → |
| וְיָלָֽדוּ׃ | ve.ya.La.du | and they give birth | H3205 → |
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