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Then Pharaohוַ פַּרְעֹהcommandedיְצַוallלְכָלhis people,עַמּוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Everyכָּלsonהַבֵּןwho is bornהַיִּלּוֹדyou shall throwתַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּinto the Nile,הַיְאֹרָהbut everyוְכָלdaughterהַבַּתyou shall let live.”תְּחַיּוּן
Exodus 1:22
Study it in the app“Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you shall throw into the Nile, but every daughter you shall let live.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:22, word by word
- Then Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- his peopleעַמּam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- who is bornיִּלּוֹדyilod
born
Born, newborn.
Where else “yilod” appears- you shall throwתַּשְׁלִיכֻtashlichu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “tashlichu” appears- into the Nileיְאֹרָyeora
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeora” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- you shall let liveתְּחַיּוּtechayu
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “techayu” appears
Places in this verse
Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
The context
21And because the midwives feared Elohim, he gave them families.
22 · This verse (above)