Exodus 1:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.”
Exodus 1:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 1:1917 words
וַתֹּאמַרְןָwatōʾmarənāAnd say
הַמְיַלְּדֹתhaməyalədōtThe bear young
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
כַנָּשִׁיםḵanāšîmLike woman
הַמִּצְרִיֹּתhamiṣərîtThe Mitsrite
הָעִבְרִיֹּתhāʿivərîtThe Eberite
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
חָיוֹתḥāywōtVigorous
הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves
בְּטֶרֶםbəṭeremIn non-occurrence
תָּבוֹאtāvwōʾGo
אֲלֵהֶןʾălēhenNear
הַמְיַלֶּדֶתhaməyaledetThe bear young
וְיָלָדוּwəyālādûAnd bear young
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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