Exodus 1:16
and he commanded to them, When ye shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of child-bearing shall come, if it is a knave child, slay ye him; if it is a woman child, keep ye it.This verse in the real world
In what words
- אֹבֶןʼôbena pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of t
- עִבְרִיʻIbrîyan Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
- יָלַדyâladto bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show
- בַּתbatha daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figu
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
- בֵּןbêna son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative re
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.