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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 1:15Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
לַמְיַלְּדֹתlaməyalədōtTo bear young
הָעִבְרִיֹּתhāʿivərîtThe Eberite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הָאַחַתhāʾaḥatThe united
שִׁפְרָהšip̄ərāhShiphrah
וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation
הַשֵּׁנִיתhašēnîtThe double
פּוּעָהpûʿāhPuah

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