The daughterבַּתof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהcame downוַתֵּרֶדto batheלִרְחֹץatעַלthe Nile,הַיְאֹרwhile her young womenוְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָwere walkingהֹלְכֹתbesideעַל יַדthe Nile.הַיְאֹרShe sawוַתֵּרֶאthe arkאֶת הַתֵּבָהamongבְּתוֹךְthe reedsהַסּוּףand sentוַתִּשְׁלַחher maid,אֶת אֲמָתָהּand she took it.וַתִּקָּחֶהָ
Exodus 2:5
Study it in the app“The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, while her young women were walking beside the Nile. She saw the ark among the reeds and sent her maid, and she took it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:5, word by word
- The daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- came downתֵּרֶדtered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “tered” appears- to batheרְחֹץrechots
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rechots” appears- the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- while her young womenנַעֲרֹתֶיnaarote
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naarote” appears- were walkingהֹלְכֹתholchot
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchot” appears- besideיַדyad
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appears- She sawתֵּרֶאtere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tere” appears- the arkתֵּבָהteva
ark
Ark: a large box or chest. It is Noah's vessel; the same word is used only again for the basket where the baby Moses was put (Exodus 2:3).
Where else “teva” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- the reedsסּוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears- and sentתִּשְׁלַחtishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlach” appears- her maidאֲמָתָamata
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amata” appears- and she took itתִּקָּחֶtikache
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “tikache” 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
4His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would be done to him.
5 · This verse (above)
6She opened it and saw him, the child, and look, a boy crying! She had pity on him and said, “This is one of the children of the Hebrews.”