Exodus 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.”

Exodus 1:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 1:1714 words

וַתִּירֶאןָwatîreʾnāAnd fear

הַמְיַלְּדֹתhaməyalədōtThe bear young

אֶתʾet—

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

דִּבֶּרdiberArrange

אֲלֵיהֶןʾălêhenNear

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

וַתְּחַיֶּיןָwatəḥayeynāAnd live

אֶתʾet—

הַיְלָדִיםhayəlādîmThe something born

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּירֶאןָwatîreʾnāAnd fear

הַמְיַלְּדֹתhaməyalədōtThe bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

דִּבֶּרdiberArrange

אֲלֵיהֶןʾălêhenNear

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

וַתְּחַיֶּיןָwatəḥayeynāAnd live

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיְלָדִיםhayəlādîmThe something born

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