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Exodus 2:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.


Exodus 2:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:520 words
וַתֵּרֶדwatēredAnd descend
בַּתbatDaughter
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לִרְחֹץlirəḥōṣTo lave
עַלʿalAbove
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
וְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָwənaʿărōteyhāAnd girl
הֹלְכֹתhōləḵōtWalk
עַלʿalAbove
יַדyadHand
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
אֶתʾet
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַסּוּףhasûp̄The reed
וַתִּשְׁלַחwatišəlaḥAnd send
אֶתʾet
אֲמָתָהּʾămātāhMaid-servant
וַתִּקָּחֶהָwatiqāḥehāAnd take
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּרֶדwatēredAnd descend
בַּתbatDaughter
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לִרְחֹץlirəḥōṣTo lave
עַלʿalAbove
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
וְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָwənaʿărōteyhāAnd girl
הֹלְכֹתhōləḵōtWalk
עַלʿalAbove
יַדyadHand
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַסּוּףhasûp̄The reed
וַתִּשְׁלַחwatišəlaḥAnd send
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֲמָתָהּʾămātāhMaid-servant
וַתִּקָּחֶהָwatiqāḥehāAnd take

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