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His sisterאֲחֹתוֹsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto the daughterאֶל בַּתof Pharaoh,פַּרְעֹה“Shall I goהַאֵלֵךְand callוְקָרָאתִיfor youלָךְa nursingמֵינֶקֶתwomanאִשָּׁהfromמִןthe Hebrew womenהָעִבְרִיֹּתto nurseוְתֵינִקthe childאֶת הַיָּלֶדfor you?”לָךְ
Exodus 2:7
Study it in the app“His sister said to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Shall I go and call for you a nursing woman from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:7, word by word
- His sisterאֲחֹתachot
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achot” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- to 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- “Shall I goאֵלֵךְelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appears- and callקָרָאתִיkarati
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karati” appears- a nursingמֵינֶקֶתmeneket
nurse
To give a baby the breast, the mother or the woman who nurses him.
Where else “meneket” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- the Hebrew womenעִבְרִיֹּתivriyot
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivriyot” appears- the childיָּלֶדyaled
child
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yaled” appears
The context
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.”
7 · This verse (above)
8The daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Go.” So the young woman went and called the mother of the child.