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Exodus 1:9-16

9AndhesaidH559untohispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971,Behold,thepeopleעַ֚ם'amH5971ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478aremoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480andmightierוְעָצ֖וּםve.'a.TzumH6099thanwe:

10come,letusdealwiselyנִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖הnit.cha.ke.MahH2449withthem,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theymultiplyH7235,anditcometopass,that,whentherefallethoutanywarמִלְחָמָה֙mil.cha.MahH4421,theyalsoגַּם־gam-H1571jointhemselvesuntoourenemies,andfightוְנִלְחַם־ve.nil.cham-H3898againstus,andgetthemupoutofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

11ThereforetheydidsetH7760overthemtaskmasterstoafflictעַנֹּת֖וֹa.no.ToH6031themwiththeirburdens.AndtheybuiltH1129forPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547store-cities,PithomandRaamses.

12Butthemoretheyafflictedthem,themoretheymultipliedH7235andthemoretheyspreadיִפְרֹ֑ץyif.RotzH6555abroad.AndtheyweregrievedbecauseofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

13AndtheEgyptiansH4713madethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478toserveH5647withrigor:

14andtheymadetheirlivesH2416bitterוַיְמָרְר֨וּvay.ma.re.RuH4843withhardקָשָׁ֗הka.ShahH7186serviceH5656,inmortarandinbrickוּבִלְבֵנִ֔יםu.vil.ve.NimH3843,andinallmannerofserviceH5656inthefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704,alltheirserviceH5656,whereintheymadethemserveH5647withrigor.

15Andthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714spaketotheHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑תha.'iv.ri.YotH5680midwives,ofwhomthenameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034oftheoneהָֽאַחַת֙ha.'a.ChatH259wasShiphrah,andthenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034oftheotherPuah:

16andhesaidH559,WhenyedotheofficeofamidwifetotheHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹתha.'iv.ri.YotH5680women,andseeH7200themuponthebirth-stool;ifitbeasonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121,thenyeshallkillוַהֲמִתֶּ֣ןva.ha.mi.TenH4191him;butifitbeadaughterבַּ֥תbatH1323,thensheshalllive.

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