The daughterבַּתof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“Takeהֵילִיכִיthisהַזֶּהchildאֶת הַיֶּלֶדand nurse himוְהֵינִקִהוּfor me,לִיand Iוַאֲנִיwill give youאֶתֵּןyour wages.”אֶת שְׂכָרֵךְSo the womanהָאִשָּׁהtookוַתִּקַּחthe childהַיֶּלֶדand nursed him.וַתְּנִיקֵהוּ
Exodus 2:9
Study it in the app“The daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:9, 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- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Takeהֵילִיכִיhelichi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “helichi” appears- childיֶּלֶדyeled
child
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeled” appears- and nurse himהֵינִקִheniki
nurse
To give a baby the breast, the mother or the woman who nurses him.
Where else “heniki” appears- will give youאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- your wagesשְׂכָרֵsechare
wages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sechare” appears- So the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- tookתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- and nursed himתְּנִיקֵtenike
nurse
Nurse, breastfeed.
Where else “tenike” appears
The context
8The daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Go.” So the young woman went and called the mother of the child.
9 · This verse (above)
10When the child grew up, she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”