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The priestוּלְכֹהֵןof Midianמִדְיָןhad sevenשֶׁבַעdaughters.בָּנוֹתThey cameוַתָּבֹאנָהand drew waterוַתִּדְלֶנָהand filledוַתְּמַלֶּאנָהthe troughsאֶת הָרְהָטִיםto waterלְהַשְׁקוֹתthe flockצֹאןof their father.אֲבִיהֶן
Exodus 2:16
Study it in the app“The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water and filled the troughs to water the flock of their father.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:16, word by word
- The priestכֹהֵןchohen
pagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “chohen” appears- of Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- had sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- daughtersבָּנוֹתbanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “banot” appears- They cameתָּבֹאנָהtavona
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavona” appears- and drew waterתִּדְלֶנָהtidlena
draw (water)
Draw water from a well; figuratively, draw up, lift out.
Where else “tidlena” appears- and filledתְּמַלֶּאנָהtemalena
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “temalena” appears- the troughsרְהָטִיםrehatim
trough
A basin where animals drink.
Where else “rehatim” appears- to waterהַשְׁקוֹתhashkot
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “hashkot” appears- the flockצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- of their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
Places in this verse
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
The context
15When Pharaoh heard of this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian; and he sat down by the well.
16 · This verse (above)
17But the shepherds came and drove them away. Then Moses stood up and saved them and watered their flock.