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And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. (KJV)
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וַתֹּֽאמֶר\־va.to.mer-and she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
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 2:8 word 1
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Exodus 2:8 word 2
פַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhPharaoh
Lemma: פַּרְעֹה (par.oh) · Strong's: H6547I
Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)
Meaning: Pharaoh
Used 10 times. Also: Exodus 1:11, Exodus 1:19, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 2:5, Exodus 2:7, Exodus 2:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6547I; TAHOT Exodus 2:8 word 3
לֵ֑כִיLe.khigo
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Exodus 2:8 word 4
וַתֵּ֙לֶךְ֙va.Te.lekhand she went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Exodus 2:8 word 5
הָֽעַלְמָ֔הha.'al.Mahthe young woman
Lemma: עַלְמָה (al.mah) · Strong's: H5959
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: maiden
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 24:43, Psalms 68:25, Proverbs 30:19, Song of Solomon 1:3, Song of Solomon 6:8, Isaiah 7:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5959; TAHOT Exodus 2:8 word 6
וַתִּקְרָ֖אva.tik.Ra'and she called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Exodus 2:8 word 7
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 2:8 word 8
אֵ֥ם'em[the] mother of
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Exodus 2:8 word 9
הַיָּֽלֶד\׃hai.Ya.ledthe child
Lemma: יֶ֫לֶד (ye.led) · Strong's: H3206
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: youth
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:15, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 30:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3206; TAHOT Exodus 2:8 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Go ahead | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| Pharaoh’s | → | פַּרְעֹה H6547I Pharaoh |
| daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| told | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| her | → | |
| And the girl | → | עַלְמָה H5959 maiden |
| went | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| and called | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| the boy’s | → | יֶ֫לֶד H3206 youth |
| mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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