Exodus 1:17
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.This verse in the real world
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- יֶלֶדyeledsomething born, i.e. a lad or offspring
- חָיָהchâyâhto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- יָרֵאyârêʼto fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
- יָלַדyâladto bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimMitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- דָבַרdâbarperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a des
- מֶלֶךְmeleka king
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
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