Exodus 1:22 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.”
Exodus 1:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 1:2213 words
וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
עַמּוֹʿamwōPeople
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
כָּלkālWhole
הַבֵּןhabēnThe son
הַיִּלּוֹדhayilwōdThe born
הַיְאֹרָהhayəʾōrāhThe channel
תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּtašəlîḵuhûThrow
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הַבַּתhabatThe daughter
תְּחַיּוּןtəḥayûnLive
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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