Exodus 2:3
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
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ASV
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
KJV
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| יָכְלָ֣ה | ya.khe.Lah | she was able | H3201 → |
| עוֹד֮ | 'Od | still | H5750 → |
| הַצְּפִינוֹ֒ | ha.tze.fi.No | to hide him | H6845 → |
| וַתִּֽקַּֽח־ | va.ti.kach- | and she took | H3947 → |
| לוֹ֙ | lo | for <the> him | |
| תֵּ֣בַת | Te.vat | a basket of | H8392 → |
| גֹּ֔מֶא | Go.me' | papyrus | H1573 → |
| וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה | va.tach.me.Rah | and sealed it she | H2560 → |
| בַחֵמָ֖ר | va.che.Mar | with <the> bitumen | H2564 → |
| וּבַזָּ֑פֶת | u.va.Za.fet | and with <the> pitch | H2203 → |
| וַתָּ֤שֶׂם | va.Ta.sem | and she put | H7760 → |
| בָּהּ֙ | bah | in <the> it | |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַיֶּ֔לֶד | hai.Ye.led | the child | H3206 → |
| וַתָּ֥שֶׂם | va.Ta.sem | and she put [it] | H7760 → |
| בַּסּ֖וּף | ba.Suf | among the rush[es] | H5488 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | at | H5921 → |
| שְׂפַ֥ת | se.Fat | [the] bank of | H8193 → |
| הַיְאֹֽר׃ | hay.'Or | the River | H2975 → |
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