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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 2:8Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
בַּתbatDaughter
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לֵכִיlēḵîWalk
וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk
הָעַלְמָהhāʿaləmāhThe lass
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֵםʾēmMother
הַיָּלֶדhayāledThe something born

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