Exodus 1:21 Go deeper

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. (KJV)

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וַיְהִ֕יvay.Hiand it was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Exodus 1:21 word 1

כִּֽי\־ki-that

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Exodus 1:21 word 2

יָֽרְא֥וּya.re.'Uthey feared

Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to fear: revere

Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 28:17, Exodus 1:17, Exodus 9:30, Exodus 14:31, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 34:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3372H; TAHOT Exodus 1:21 word 3

הַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖תham.ya.le.Dotthe 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 1:21 word 4

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 1:21 word 5

הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> God

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Exodus 1:21 word 6

וַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he appointed

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213I

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

Meaning: to make: offer

Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 31:1, Exodus 10:25, Exodus 29:36, Exodus 29:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213I; TAHOT Exodus 1:21 word 7

בָּתִּֽים\׃ba.Timhouseholds

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: house: household

Used 664 times. Also: Genesis 7:1, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004M; TAHOT Exodus 1:21 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

And because	→	כִּי H3588A for
the midwives	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
feared	→	יָרֵא H3372H to fear: revere
God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
He gave	→	עָשָׂה H6213I to make: offer
them	→
families of their own	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004M house: household

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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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