Exodus 1:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“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:”
Exodus 1:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 1:1512 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
לַמְיַלְּדֹתlaməyalədōtTo bear young
הָעִבְרִיֹּתhāʿivərîtThe Eberite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הָאַחַתhāʾaḥatThe united
שִׁפְרָהšip̄ərāhShiphrah
וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation
הַשֵּׁנִיתhašēnîtThe double
פּוּעָהpûʿāhPuah
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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