Exodus
Exodus 2:7
7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
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| 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 |
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Exodus 2:4 · Numbers 26:59 · Numbers 12:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.