Exodus 1:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.”
Exodus 1:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 1:207 words
וַיֵּיטֶבwayêṭevAnd be
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לַמְיַלְּדֹתlaməyalədōtTo bear young
וַיִּרֶבwayirevAnd increase
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וַיַּעַצְמוּwayaʿaṣəmûAnd bind fast
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
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