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[1] Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
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names | shem | a primitive word (perhaps rather from 07760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 08064); an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character-- base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report. |
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children | ben | from 01129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 01, 0251, etc.))-- afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, () arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, came up in, child, colt, common, corn, daughter, of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, in, kid, lamb, () man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, () people, rebel, robber, servant born, soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. |
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Israel, | Yisra'el | from 08280 and 0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity --Israel. |
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came | bow' | a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)--abide, apply, attain, be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, (well) stricken (in age), surely, take (in), way. |
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Egypt; | Mitsrayim | dual of 04693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt--Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. |
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man | 'iysh | contracted for 0582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)--also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 0802. |
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household | bayith | probably from 01129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)--court, daughter, door, dungeon, family, forth of, great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, prison, steward, tablet, temple, web, within(-out). |
came | bow' | a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)--abide, apply, attain, be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, (well) stricken (in age), surely, take (in), way. |
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Jacob. | Ya`aqob | from 06117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch--Jacob. |
[2] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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Simeon, | Shim`own | from 08085; hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him--Simeon. |
Levi, | Leviy | from 03867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob--Levi. See also 03879, 03881. |
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Judah, | Yhuwdah | from 03034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory--Judah. |
[3] Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
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Zebulun, | Zbuwluwn | or Zbuluwn zeb-oo-loon'; or Zbuwlun zeb-oo-loon'; from 02082; habitation; Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe--Zebulun. |
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Benjamin, | Binyamiyn | from 01121 and 03225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory--Benjamin. |
[4] Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Naphtali, | Naphtaliy | from 06617; my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory--Naphtali. |
Gad, | Gad | from 01464; Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet--Gad. |
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Asher. | 'Asher | from 0833, happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine--Asher |
[5] And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
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out | yatsa' | a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.--X after, appear, assuredly, bear out, begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, still, surely, take forth (out), at any time, to (and fro), utter. |
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loins | yarek | from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphem. the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side--X body, loins, shaft, side, thigh. |
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Jacob | Ya`aqob | from 06117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch--Jacob. |
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seventy | shib`iym. | multiple of 07651; seventy--seventy, threescore and ten ( -teen). |
souls: | nephesh | from 05314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)--any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, dead(-ly), desire, (dis-)contented, fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, would have it. |
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Joseph | Yowceph | future of 03254; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites--Joseph. Compare 03084. |
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Egypt | Mitsrayim | dual of 04693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt--Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. |
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[6] And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
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died, | muwth | a primitive root to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill--X at all, crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), must needs, slay, surely, very suddenly, in (no) wise. |
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brethren, | 'ach | a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 01))--another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-". |
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generation. | dowr | or (shortened) dor dore; from 01752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling--age, evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity. |
[7] And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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Israel | Yisra'el | from 08280 and 0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity --Israel. |
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fruitful, | parah | a primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)--bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase. |
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abundantly, | sharats | a primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound--breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move. |
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multiplied, | rabah | a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)--(bring in) abundance (X -antly), archer (by mistake for 07232), be in authority, bring up, continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very. |
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exceeding | m`od | from the same as 0181; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)--diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well. |
mighty; | m`od | from the same as 0181; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)--diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well. |
and | `atsam | a primitive root; to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; denominatively (from 06106) to crunch the bones--break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er). |
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was | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
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with | male' | or malae (Esth. 75) maw-law'; a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)--accomplish, confirm, consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, have wholly. |
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[8] Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
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up | quwm | a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)--abide, accomplish, be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, be dim, endure, enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising). |
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new | chadash | from 02318; new--fresh, new thing. |
king | melek | from 04427; a king--king, royal. |
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Egypt, | Mitsrayim | dual of 04693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt--Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. |
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knew | yada` | a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)--acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, be learned, lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), will be, wist, wit, wot. |
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Joseph. | Yowceph | future of 03254; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites--Joseph. Compare 03084. |
[9] And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
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people, | `am | from 06004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock--folk, men, nation, people. |
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people | `am | from 06004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock--folk, men, nation, people. |
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children | ben | from 01129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 01, 0251, etc.))-- afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, () arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, came up in, child, colt, common, corn, daughter, of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, in, kid, lamb, () man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, () people, rebel, robber, servant born, soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. |
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Israel | Yisra'el | from 08280 and 0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity --Israel. |
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more | rab | by contracted from 07231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)--(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent). |
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mightier | `atsuwm | or matsum aw-tsoom'; passive participle of 06105; powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous-- feeble, great, mighty, must, strong. |
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[10] Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
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wisely | chakam | a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)--X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser. |
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multiply, | rabah | a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)--(bring in) abundance (X -antly), archer (by mistake for 07232), be in authority, bring up, continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very. |
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out | qara' | a primitive root to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner--befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet. |
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war, | milchamah | from 03898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)--battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)). |
they | huw' | of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw he; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are--he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who. |
join | yacaph | a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)--add, again, any more, cease, come more, conceive again, continue, exceed, further, gather together, get more, give more-over, henceforth, increase (more and more), join, longer (bring, do, make, much, put), (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, yet, yield. |
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enemies, | sane' | a primitive root; to hate (personally)--enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, utterly. |
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fight | lacham | a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)--devour, eat, ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring). |
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up | `alah | a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)--arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work. |
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land. | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
[11] Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
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taskmasters | sar | from 08323; a head person (of any rank or class)--captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward. |
to | mac | or mic mees; from 04549; properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor--discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary). |
afflict | `anah | a primitive root (possibly rather ident. with 06030 through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)--abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 06030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 06030), speak (by mistake for 06030), submit self, weaken, in any wise. |
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burdens. | cbalah | from 05447; porterage--burden. |
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built | banah | a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively)--(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely. |
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Pharaoh | Par`oh | of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings--Pharaoh. |
treasure | micknah | by transp. from 03664; a magazine --store(-house), treasure. |
cities, | `iyr | or (in the plural) par awr; or ayar (Judges 104) aw-yar'; from 05782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)--Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. |
Pithom | Pithom | of Egyptian derivation; Pithom, a place in Egypt--Pithom. |
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Raamses. | Ra`mcec | or Raamcec rah-am-sace'; of Egyptian origin; Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt--Raamses, Rameses. |
[12] But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
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more | ken | from 03559; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)-- after that (this, -ward, -wards), as ... as, (for-)asmuch as yet, be (for which) cause, following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, there (where)-fore, this, thus, true, well, you. |
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multiplied | rabah | a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)--(bring in) abundance (X -antly), archer (by mistake for 07232), be in authority, bring up, continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very. |
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grew. | parats | a primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)--X abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge. |
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grieved | quwts | a primitive root (identical with 06972 through the idea of severing oneself from (compare 06962)); to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious--abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary. |
because | paniym | plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh paw-neh'; from 06437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)-- accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (- s), me, meet, more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, thee, them(-selves), through ( - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(- in, -stand), ye, you. |
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children | ben | from 01129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 01, 0251, etc.))-- afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, () arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, came up in, child, colt, common, corn, daughter, of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, in, kid, lamb, () man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, () people, rebel, robber, servant born, soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. |
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Israel. | Yisra'el | from 08280 and 0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity --Israel. |
[13] And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
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made | `abad | a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.--X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper, |
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children | ben | from 01129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 01, 0251, etc.))-- afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, () arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, came up in, child, colt, common, corn, daughter, of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, in, kid, lamb, () man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, () people, rebel, robber, servant born, soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. |
of | ||
Israel | Yisra'el | from 08280 and 0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity --Israel. |
to | ||
serve | `abad | a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.--X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper, |
with | ||
rigour: | perek | from an unused root meaning to break apart; fracture, i.e. severity--cruelty, rigour. |
[14] And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
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lives | chay | from 02421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively-- age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. |
bitter | marar | a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see 04752); but used only as a denominative from 04751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)--(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, - ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex. |
with | ||
hard | qasheh | from 07185; severe (in various applications)--churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, in trouble. |
bondage, | `abodah | or mabowdah ab-o-daw'; from 05647; work of any kind--act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, wrought. |
in | ||
mortar, | chomer | from 02560; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure--clay, heap, homer, mire, motion. |
and | ||
in | ||
brick, | lbenah | from 03835; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)--(altar of) brick, tile. |
and | ||
in | ||
all | ||
manner | ||
of | ||
service | `abodah | or mabowdah ab-o-daw'; from 05647; work of any kind--act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, wrought. |
in | ||
the | ||
field: | sadeh | or saday saw-dah'-ee; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)--country, field, ground, land, soil, wild. |
all | ||
their | ||
service, | `abodah | or mabowdah ab-o-daw'; from 05647; work of any kind--act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, wrought. |
wherein | ||
they | ||
made | ||
them | ||
serve, | `abad | a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.--X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper, |
was | ||
with | ||
rigour. | perek | from an unused root meaning to break apart; fracture, i.e. severity--cruelty, rigour. |
[15] 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:
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the | ||
king | melek | from 04427; a king--king, royal. |
of | ||
Egypt | Mitsrayim | dual of 04693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt--Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. |
spake | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
to | ||
the | ||
Hebrew | `Ibriy | patronymic from 05677; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber--Hebrew(-ess, woman). |
midwives, | yalad | a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). |
of | ||
which | ||
the | ||
name | shem | a primitive word (perhaps rather from 07760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 08064); an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character-- base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report. |
of | ||
the | ||
one | 'echad | a numeral from 0258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first--a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together, |
was | ||
Shiphrah, | Shiphrah | the same as 08235; Shiphrah, an Israelitess--Shiphrah. |
and | ||
the | ||
name | shem | a primitive word (perhaps rather from 07760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 08064); an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character-- base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report. |
of | ||
the | ||
other | sheniy | from 08138; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again--again, either (of them), (an-)other, second (time). |
Puah: | Puw`ah | from an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy; Puah, an Israelitess--Puah. |
[16] And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
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a | ||
midwife | yalad | a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). |
to | ||
the | ||
Hebrew | ||
women, | `Ibriy | patronymic from 05677; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber--Hebrew(-ess, woman). |
and | ||
see | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
them | ||
upon | ||
the | ||
stools; | 'oben | from the same as 068; a pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of two horizontal disks with a support between)--wheel, stool. |
if | ||
it | ||
be | ||
a | ||
son, | ben | from 01129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 01, 0251, etc.))-- afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, () arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, came up in, child, colt, common, corn, daughter, of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, in, kid, lamb, () man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, () people, rebel, robber, servant born, soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. |
then | ||
ye | ||
shall | ||
kill | muwth | a primitive root to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill--X at all, crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), must needs, slay, surely, very suddenly, in (no) wise. |
him: | ||
but | ||
if | ||
it | ||
be | ||
a | ||
daughter, | bath | from 01129 (as feminine of 01121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)--apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village. |
then | ||
she | ||
shall | ||
live. | chayay | a primitive root (compare 02421); to live; causatively to revive--live, save life. |
[17] But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
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feared | yare' | a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten--affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), see, terrible (act, -ness, thing). |
God, | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
and | ||
did | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
not | ||
as | ||
the | ||
king | melek | from 04427; a king--king, royal. |
of | ||
Egypt | Mitsrayim | dual of 04693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt--Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. |
commanded | dabar | a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue--answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, well, work. |
them, | ||
but | ||
saved | chayah | a primitive root (compare 02331, 02421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive--keep (leave, make) alive, certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), surely, be whole. |
the | ||
men | ||
children | yeled | from 03205; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring--boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one). |
alive. | chayah | a primitive root (compare 02331, 02421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive--keep (leave, make) alive, certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), surely, be whole. |
[18] And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
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the | ||
king | ||
of | ||
Egypt | Mitsrayim | dual of 04693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt--Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. |
called | qara' | a primitive root (rather identical with 07122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)--bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say. |
for | ||
the | ||
midwives, | yalad | a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). |
and | ||
said | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
unto | ||
them, | ||
Why | madduwa` | or madduaa mad-doo'-ah; from 04100 and the passive participle of 03045; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?--how, wherefore, why. |
have | ||
ye | ||
done | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
this | ||
thing, | dabar | from 01696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause--act, advice, affair, answer, any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, ought, parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, spoken, talk, task, that, there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work. |
and | ||
have | ||
saved | chayah | a primitive root (compare 02331, 02421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive--keep (leave, make) alive, certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), surely, be whole. |
the | ||
men | ||
children | yeled | from 03205; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring--boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one). |
alive? | chayah | a primitive root (compare 02331, 02421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive--keep (leave, make) alive, certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), surely, be whole. |
[19] And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
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midwives | ||
said | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
unto | ||
Pharaoh, | Par`oh | of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings--Pharaoh. |
Because | ||
the | ||
Hebrew | `Ibriy | patronymic from 05677; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber--Hebrew(-ess, woman). |
women | 'ishshah | feminine of 0376 or 0582; irregular plural, nashiym naw-sheem'; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 0582)--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English. |
are | ||
not | ||
as | ||
the | ||
Egyptian | ||
women; | Mitsriy | from 04714; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim--Egyptian, of Egypt. |
for | ||
they | ||
are | ||
lively, | chayeh | from 02421; vigorous--lively. |
and | ||
are | ||
delivered | yalad | a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). |
ere | terem | from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before--before, ere, not yet. |
the | ||
midwives | yalad | a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). |
come | ||
in | bow' | a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)--abide, apply, attain, be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, (well) stricken (in age), surely, take (in), way. |
unto | ||
them. |
[20] Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
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dealt | ||
well | yatab | a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)--be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen). |
with | ||
the | ||
midwives: | yalad | a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). |
and | ||
the | ||
people | `am | from 06004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock--folk, men, nation, people. |
multiplied, | rabah | a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)--(bring in) abundance (X -antly), archer (by mistake for 07232), be in authority, bring up, continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very. |
and | ||
waxed | ||
very | m`od | from the same as 0181; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)--diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well. |
mighty. | `atsam | a primitive root; to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; denominatively (from 06106) to crunch the bones--break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er). |
[21] And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
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to | ||
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midwives | ||
feared | yare' | a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten--affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), see, terrible (act, -ness, thing). |
God, | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
that | ||
he | ||
made | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
them | ||
houses. | bayith | probably from 01129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)--court, daughter, door, dungeon, family, forth of, great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, prison, steward, tablet, temple, web, within(-out). |
[22] And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
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Pharaoh | ||
charged | tsavah | a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin--appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order. |
all | ||
his | ||
people, | `am | from 06004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock--folk, men, nation, people. |
saying, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
Every | ||
son | ben | from 01129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 01, 0251, etc.))-- afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, () arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, came up in, child, colt, common, corn, daughter, of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, in, kid, lamb, () man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, () people, rebel, robber, servant born, soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. |
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is | ||
born | yillowd | passive from 03205; born--born. |
ye | ||
shall | ||
cast | shalak | a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)--adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw. |
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river, | y`or | of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria--brook, flood, river, stream. |
and | ||
every | ||
daughter | bath | from 01129 (as feminine of 01121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)--apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village. |
ye | ||
shall | ||
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alive. | chayah | a primitive root (compare 02331, 02421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive--keep (leave, make) alive, certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), surely, be whole. |
Footnotes:
[1] 31:10 Or garments for worship
[1] 1:22 Samaritan, Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew lacks to the Hebrews
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