“And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.”
Exodus 1:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 1:1616 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בְּ/יַלֶּדְ/כֶן֙bəyaledəken
when assist as midwife youpronH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָֽ/עִבְרִיּ֔וֹתhāʿibəriywōt
the Hebrew womenparticleH5680
woman)
וּ/רְאִיתֶ֖ןwrəʾiyten
and you will lookconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
עַלʿal
atpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אָבְנָ֑יִםhāʾābənāyim
the stonesparticleH70
stool
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
בֵּ֥ןbēn
is a sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הוּא֙hwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וַ/הֲמִתֶּ֣ןwahămiten
and you will killconjH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אֹת֔/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
וְ/אִםwəʾim
and ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
בַּ֥תbat
is a daughternounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
הִ֖יאhiyʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וָ/חָֽיָהwāḥāyāh
liveconjH2425
save life
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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