Exodus

Exodus 2:16

¹⁶Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now the priest	וּלְכֹהֵ֥ן	ū·lə·ḵō·hên	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3548 priest
of Midian	מִדְיָ֖ן	miḏ·yān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4080 Midjan
had seven	שֶׁ֣בַע	še·ḇa‘	Number - feminine singular	H7651 seven
daughters	בָּנ֑וֹת	bā·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1323 daughter
and they came	וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה	wat·tā·ḇō·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to draw water	וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָה	wat·tiḏ·le·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1802 draw
and fill	וַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙	wat·tə·mal·le·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H4390 be full, fill
the troughs	הָ֣רְהָטִ֔ים	hā·rə·hā·ṭîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H7298 trough
to water	לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת	lə·haš·qō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H8248 quaff, irrigate, furnish a potion to
their father’s	אֲבִיהֶֽן׃	’ă·ḇî·hen	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine plural	H1 father
flock	צֹ֥אן	ṣōn	Noun - common singular construct	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.