“And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.”
Exodus 2:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 2:320 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָכְלָ֣הyākəlāh
she was ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
עוֹד֮ʿwōd
stilladvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
הַצְּפִינ/וֹ֒haṣəpiynwō
to hide himverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
וַ/תִּֽקַּֽחwatiqaḥ
and she tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
תֵּ֣בַתtēbat
a basket ofnounH8392
גֹּ֔מֶאgōmeʾ
papyrusnounH1573
וַ/תַּחְמְרָ֥/הwataḥəmərāh
and sealed it sheconjH2560
befoul · be red · trouble
בַ/חֵמָ֖רbaḥēmār
with bitumenpronH2564
וּ/בַ/זָּ֑פֶתwbazāpet
and with pitchconjH2203
וַ/תָּ֤שֶׂםwatāśem
and she putconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
בָּ/הּ֙bāh
pron
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/יֶּ֔לֶדhayeled
the childparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
וַ/תָּ֥שֶׂםwatāśem
and she put itconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
בַּ/סּ֖וּףbaswp
among the rushespronH5488
Red · weed. Compare
עַלʿal
atpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׂפַ֥תśəpat
the bank ofnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
הַ/יְאֹֽרhayəʾōr
the RiverparticleH2975
flood · river · stream
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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