Exodus

Exodus 1:20

²⁰So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So God	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
was good	וַיֵּ֥יטֶב	way·yê·ṭeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
to the midwives	לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֑ת	lam·yal·lə·ḏōṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
and the people	הָעָ֛ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
multiplied	וַיִּ֧רֶב	way·yi·reḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7235 be, or become, much, many, great
and became even more	מְאֹֽד׃	mə·’ōḏ	Adverb	H3966 muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly
numerous	וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ	way·ya·‘aṣ·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6105 be vast, mighty, numerous

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