Exodus 2:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

Exodus 2:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:613 words

וַתִּפְתַּחwatip̄ətaḥAnd open wide

וַתִּרְאֵהוּwatirəʾēhûAnd see

אֶתʾet—

הַיֶּלֶדhayeledThe something born

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

נַעַרnaʿarBoy

בֹּכֶהbōḵehWeep

וַתַּחְמֹלwataḥəmōlAnd commiserate

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

מִיַּלְדֵיmîlədêFrom something born

הָעִבְרִיםhāʿivərîmThe Eberite

זֶהzehThis

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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