Exodus 2:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.”

Exodus 2:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:918 words

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

לָהּlāhTo

בַּתbatDaughter

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

הֵילִיכִיhêlîḵîWalk

אֶתʾet—

הַיֶּלֶדhayeledThe something born

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְהֵינִקִהוּwəhêniqihûAnd suck

לִיlîTo

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

אֶתʾet—

שְׂכָרֵךְśəḵārēḵəPayment of contract

וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

הַיֶּלֶדhayeledThe something born

וַתְּנִיקֵהוּwatənîqēhûAnd suckle

ℹWords 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

הֵילִיכִיhêlîḵîWalk

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיֶּלֶדhayeledThe something born

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְהֵינִקִהוּwəhêniqihûAnd suck

לִיlîTo

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׂכָרֵךְśəḵārēḵəPayment of contract

וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

הַיֶּלֶדhayeledThe something born

וַתְּנִיקֵהוּwatənîqēhûAnd suckle

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