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And becauseוַיְהִי כִּיthe midwivesהַמְיַלְּדֹתfearedיָרְאוּElohim,אֶת הָאֱלֹהִיםhe gaveוַיַּעַשׂthemלָהֶםfamilies.בָּתִּים
Exodus 1:21
Study it in the app“And because the midwives feared Elohim, he gave them families.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:21, word by word
- And becauseיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- the midwivesמְיַלְּדֹתmeyaldot
midwife
To help give birth: the midwife.
Where else “meyaldot” appears- fearedיָרְאוּyaru
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yaru” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- he gaveיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- familiesבָּתִּיםbatim
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “batim” appears
Translation note
“He gave them families” is, literally, “he made them houses”: to make a house for someone is to give them family and descendants (compare 2 Samuel 7:11).
The context
20And Elohim dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very strong.
21 · This verse (above)
22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you shall throw into the Nile, but every daughter you shall let live.”