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Exodus 1:18-19

18So the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Egyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714summonedוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121the midwivesלַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֔תlam.ya.le.DotH3205and askedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559them, “Whyמַדּ֥וּעַma.Du.a'H4069have you doneעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ן הַדָּבָ֣ר'a.si.Ten ha.da.VarH6213H1697thisהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088?Why have you let the boysהַיְלָדִֽים׃hay.la.DimH3206liveוַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָva.te.chai.Yei.naH2421אֶת־'et-H853?”
19The midwivesהַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ham.ya.le.DotH3205answeredוַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ אֶל־va.to.Mar.na 'el-H559H413Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547, “The Hebrew womenכִּ֣י הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑תki ha.'iv.ri.YotH5680H3588are notלֹ֧אlo'H3808like the Egyptianהַמִּצְרִיֹּ֖תha.mitz.ri.YotH4713womenכַנָּשִׁ֛יםkha.na.ShimH802,forכִּֽי־ki-H3588theyהֵ֔נָּהHe.nahH2007are vigorousחָי֣וֹתcha.YotH2422and give birthהַמְיַלֶּ֖דֶתham.ya.Le.detH3205beforeבְּטֶ֨רֶםbe.Te.remH2962a midwifeוְיָלָֽדוּ׃ve.ya.La.duH3205arrivesתָּב֧וֹא אֲלֵהֶ֛ןta.Vo' 'a.le.HenH935H413.”
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