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And Elohimאֱלֹהִיםdealt wellוַיֵּיטֶבwith the midwives,לַמְיַלְּדֹתand the peopleהָעָםmultipliedוַיִּרֶבand grewוַveryמְאֹדstrong.יַּעַצְמוּ
Exodus 1:20
Study it in the app“And Elohim dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very strong.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:20, word by word
- And Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- dealt wellיֵּיטֶבyetev
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yetev” appears- with the midwivesמְיַלְּדֹתmeyaldot
midwife
To help give birth: the midwife.
Where else “meyaldot” appears- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- multipliedיִּרֶבyirev
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “yirev” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- strongיַּעַצְמוּyaatsmu
grow mighty
To become mighty and grow in strength.
Where else “yaatsmu” appears
The context
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.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And because the midwives feared Elohim, he gave them families.