Exodus

Exodus 1:15

¹⁵Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the king	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to the Hebrew	הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת	hā·‘iḇ·rî·yōṯ	Article; Noun - proper - feminine plural	H5680 Hebrew
midwives	לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת	lam·yal·lə·ḏōṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
whose	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
names were	שֵׁ֤ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
Shiphrah	שִׁפְרָ֔ה	šip̄·rāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8236 Shiphrah
and	הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית	haš·šê·nîṯ	Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular	H8145 second
Puah	פּוּעָֽה׃	pū·‘āh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6326 Puah

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.