Exodus 2:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?”
Exodus 2:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 2:716 words
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister
אֶלʾelNear
בַּתbatDaughter
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
הַאֵלֵךְhaʾēlēḵəWalk
וְקָרָאתִיwəqārāʾtîAnd call out to
לָךְlāḵəTo
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
מֵינֶקֶתmêneqetSuck
מִןminPart
הָעִבְרִיֹּתhāʿivərîtThe Eberite
וְתֵינִקwətêniqAnd suck
לָךְlāḵəTo
אֶתʾet—
הַיָּלֶדhayāledThe something born
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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