Exodus

Exodus 2:6–10

⁶When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

⁷Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”

⁸“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.

⁹Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.

¹⁰When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses^b and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”

Footnotes

b 2:10 Moses sounds like a Hebrew term that means to lift out.

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Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Exodus 2:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When she opened it	וַתִּפְתַּח֙	wat·tip̄·taḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H6605 open
she saw	וַתִּרְאֵ֣הוּ	wat·tir·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H7200 see
the child	הַיֶּ֔לֶד	hay·ye·leḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
and behold	וְהִנֵּה־	wə·hin·nêh-	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
the little boy	נַ֖עַר	na·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
was crying	בֹּכֶ֑ה	bō·ḵeh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1058 weep, bewail
So she had compassion	וַתַּחְמֹ֣ל	wat·taḥ·mōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2550 spare
on him	עָלָ֔יו	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
and said	וַתֹּ֕אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
This is one of	זֶֽה׃	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
the Hebrew	הָֽעִבְרִ֖ים	hā·‘iḇ·rîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H5680 Hebrew
children	מִיַּלְדֵ֥י	mî·yal·ḏê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3206 child, son, boy, youth

Exodus 2:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then his sister	אֲחֹתוֹ֮	’ă·ḥō·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H269 sister
said	וַתֹּ֣אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Pharaoh’s	פַּרְעֹה֒	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
Shall I go	הַאֵלֵ֗ךְ	ha·’ê·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and call	וְקָרָ֤אתִי	wə·qā·rā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
one of	מִ֖ן	min	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the Hebrew	הָעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת	hā·‘iḇ·rî·yōṯ	Article; Noun - proper - feminine plural	H5680 Hebrew
women	אִשָּׁ֣ה	’iš·šāh	Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
to nurse	וְתֵינִ֥ק	wə·ṯê·niq	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3243 suck
the child	הַיָּֽלֶד׃	hay·yā·leḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
for you	לָ֖ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular

Exodus 2:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Go ahead	לֵ֑כִי	lê·ḵî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
Pharaoh’s	פַּרְעֹ֖ה	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
told	וַתֹּֽאמֶר־	wat·tō·mer-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
her	לָ֥הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
And the girl	הָֽעַלְמָ֔ה	hā·‘al·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5959 young woman
went	וַתֵּ֙לֶךְ֙	wat·tê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and called	וַתִּקְרָ֖א	wat·tiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
the boy’s	הַיָּֽלֶד׃	hay·yā·leḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
mother	אֵ֥ם	’êm	Noun - feminine singular construct	H517 mother

Exodus 2:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Pharaoh’s	פַּרְעֹ֗ה	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
said	וַתֹּ֧אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
to her	לָ֣הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
Take	הֵילִ֜יכִי	hê·lî·ḵî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
this	הַזֶּה֙	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
child	הַיֶּ֤לֶד	hay·ye·leḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
and nurse him	וְהֵינִקִ֣הוּ	wə·hê·ni·qi·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H3243 suck
for me	לִ֔י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
and I	וַאֲנִ֖י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
will pay	אֶתֵּ֣ן	’et·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
your wages	שְׂכָרֵ֑ךְ	śə·ḵā·rêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H7939 hire, wages
So the woman	הָאִשָּׁ֛ה	hā·’iš·šāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
took	וַתִּקַּ֧ח	wat·tiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3947 take
the boy	הַיֶּ֖לֶד	hay·ye·leḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
and nursed him	וַתְּנִיקֵֽהוּ׃	wat·tə·nî·qê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H5134 suckle, nurse

Exodus 2:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the child	הַיֶּ֗לֶד	hay·ye·leḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
had grown older	וַיִגְדַּ֣ל	wa·yiḡ·dal	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1431 grow up, become great
she brought him	וַתְּבִאֵ֙הוּ֙	wat·tə·ḇi·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to Pharaoh’s	פַּרְעֹ֔ה	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
daughter	לְבַת־	lə·ḇaṯ-	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
and he became	וַֽיְהִי־	way·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
her	לָ֖הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
son	לְבֵ֑ן	lə·ḇên	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son
She named him	וַתִּקְרָ֤א	wat·tiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
and explained	וַתֹּ֕אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
I drew him out	מְשִׁיתִֽהוּ׃	mə·šî·ṯi·hū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H4871 draw
of	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the water	הַמַּ֖יִם	ham·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine