Exodus 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.”
Exodus 2:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 2:811 words
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
בַּתbatDaughter
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לֵכִיlēḵîWalk
וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk
הָעַלְמָהhāʿaləmāhThe lass
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾet—
אֵםʾēmMother
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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