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But the midwivesהַמְיַלְּדֹתfearedוַתִּירֶאןָElohimאֶת הָאֱלֹהִיםand didוְ עָשׂוּnotלֹאdo asכַּאֲשֶׁרthe kingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרָיִםhad toldדִּבֶּרthem,אֲלֵיהֶןbut letוַתְּחַיֶּיןָthe boysאֶת הַיְלָדִיםlive.תְּחַיֶּיןָ
Exodus 1:17
Study it in the app“But the midwives feared Elohim and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them, but let the boys live.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:17, word by word
- But the midwivesמְיַלְּדֹתmeyaldot
midwife
To help give birth: the midwife.
Where else “meyaldot” appears- fearedתִּירֶאןָtirena
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “tirena” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and didעָשׂוּasu
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asu” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- had toldדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- but letתְּחַיֶּיןָtechayena
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “techayena” appears- the boysיְלָדִיםyeladim
child
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeladim” 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
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.”
17 · This verse (above)
18So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live?”