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So the kingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםcalledוַיִּקְרָאthe midwivesלַמְיַלְּדֹתand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶן“Whyמַדּוּעַhave you doneעֲשִׂיתֶןthisהַדָּבָר הַזֶּהand letוַתְּחַיֶּיןָthe boysאֶת הַיְלָדִיםlive?”תְּחַיֶּיןָ
Exodus 1:18
Study it in the app“So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:18, word by word
- So 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- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- the midwivesמְיַלְּדֹתmeyaldot
midwife
To help give birth: the midwife.
Where else “meyaldot” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- have you doneעֲשִׂיתֶןasiten
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiten” appears- thisדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- and 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
17But the midwives feared Elohim and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them, but let the boys live.
18 · This verse (above)
19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and before the midwife comes to them they have given birth.”