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The kingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the Hebrewהָעִבְרִיֹּתmidwives,לַמְיַלְּדֹתof whomאֲשֶׁרthe nameשֵׁםof the oneהָאַחַתwas Shiphrahשִׁפְרָהand the nameוְשֵׁםof the secondהַשֵּׁנִיתPuah:פּוּעָה
Exodus 1:15
Study it in the app“The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the second Puah:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:15, word by word
- The kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the Hebrewעִבְרִיֹּתivriyot
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivriyot” appears- midwivesמְיַלְּדֹתmeyaldot
midwife
To help give birth: the midwife.
Where else “meyaldot” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- was Shiphrahשִׁפְרָהshifra
Shiphrah
Shiphrah, one of the two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys. Her name means "beauty".
Where else “shifra” appears- of the secondשֵּׁנִיתshenit
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “shenit” appears- Puahפּוּעָהpua
Puah
Puah, one of the two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys.
Where else “pua” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
14and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, with mortar and with bricks and with every kind of work in the field; all their work in which they made them work was ruthless.
15 · This verse (above)
16He said, “When you help the Hebrew women give birth and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”