Study it in the app“The 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.””
The midwivesהַמְיַלְּדֹתsaidוַתֹּאמַרְןָto Pharaoh,אֶל פַּרְעֹה“Becauseכִּיthe Hebrew womenהָעִבְרִיֹּתare notלֹאlikeכַthe Egyptianהַמִּצְרִיֹּתwomen;נָּשִׁיםforכִּיtheyהֵנָּהare vigorous,חָיוֹתand beforeבְּטֶרֶםthe midwifeהַמְיַלֶּדֶתcomesתָּבוֹאto themאֲלֵהֶןthey have given birth.”וְיָלָדוּ
midwife
To help give birth: the midwife.
Where else “meyaldot” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomarna” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsHebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivriyot” appearsEgyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsriyot” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsvigorous
Vigorous, full of life. It occurs only in Exodus 1:19.
Where else “chayot” appearsnot yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appearsThe text does not say whether the midwives’ answer was entirely true. What it does say is why God treated them well: because they feared him and did not kill the children (1:17, 20-21).
18So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live?”
19 · This verse (above)
20And Elohim dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very strong.
