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And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 1

מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king of

Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: king

Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 2

מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt

Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Egypt

Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 3

לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖תlam.ya.le.Dotto the midwives

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVprfpa)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 4

הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑תha.'iv.ri.Yot<the> Hebrew

Lemma: עִבְרִי (iv.ri) · Strong's: H5680

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNgfpa)

Meaning: Hebrew

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 14:13, Genesis 39:14, Genesis 39:17, Genesis 40:15, Genesis 41:12, Genesis 43:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5680; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 5

אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwho

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 6

שֵׁ֤םshem[the] name of

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 7

הָֽאַחַת֙ha.'a.Chatthe one

Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259

Parsing: Acfsa (Acfsa)

Meaning: one

Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 8

שִׁפְרָ֔הshif.Rah[was] Shiphrah

Lemma: שִׁפְרָה (shiph.rah) · Strong's: H8236

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Shiphrah

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8236; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 9

וְשֵׁ֥םve.Shemand [the] name of

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 10

הַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.Nitthe second

Lemma: שֵׁנִי (she.ni) · Strong's: H8145

Parsing: Aofsa (Aofsa)

Meaning: second

Used 156 times. Also: Genesis 1:8, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8145; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 11

פּוּעָֽה\׃pu.'Ah[was] Puah

Lemma: פּוּעָה (pu.ah) · Strong's: H6326

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Puah

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6326; TAHOT Exodus 1:15 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Then the king	→	מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king
of Egypt	→	מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt
said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to the Hebrew	→	עִבְרִי H5680 Hebrew
midwives	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
whose	→	אֲשֶׁר H0834A which
names were	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
Shiphrah	→	שִׁפְרָה H8236 Shiphrah
. . .	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
and	→	שֵׁנִי H8145 second
Puah	→	פּוּעָה H6326 Puah

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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