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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 1:22Hebrew 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
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Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
עַמּוֹʿamwōPeople
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
כָּלkālWhole
הַבֵּןhabēnThe son
הַיִּלּוֹדhayilwōdThe born
הַיְאֹרָהhayəʾōrāhThe channel
תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּtašəlîḵuhûThrow
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הַבַּתhabatThe daughter
תְּחַיּוּןtəḥayûnLive

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