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Exodus 2:1-3

1וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980Now a manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376of the houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004of Leviלֵוִ֑יle.ViH3878marriedוַיִּקַּ֖חvai.yi.KachH3947אֶת־'et-H853a Leviteלֵוִֽי׃le.ViH3878womanבַּת־bat-H1323,

2and sheהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802conceivedוַתַּ֥הַרva.Ta.harH2029and gave birth toוַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledH3205a sonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121.When she sawוַתֵּ֤רֶאva.Te.re'H7200אֹתוֹ֙'o.ToH853thatכִּי־ki-H3588heה֔וּאHu'H1931was abeautifulט֣וֹבTovH2896child,she hid himוַֽתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּva.titz.pe.Ne.huH6845for threeשְׁלֹשָׁ֥הshe.lo.ShahH7969monthsיְרָחִֽים׃ye.ra.ChimH3391.

3But when she couldיָכְלָ֣הya.khe.LahH3201noוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808longerעוֹד֮'OdH5750hide himהַצְּפִינוֹ֒ha.tze.fi.NoH6845,she gotוַתִּֽקַּֽח־va.ti.kach-H3947hima papyrusגֹּ֔מֶאGo.me'H1573basketתֵּ֣בַתTe.vatH8392and coated itוַתַּחְמְרָ֥הva.tach.me.RahH2560with tarבַחֵמָ֖רva.che.MarH2564and pitchוּבַזָּ֑פֶתu.va.Za.fetH2203.Then she placedוַתָּ֤שֶׂםva.Ta.semH7760the childהַיֶּ֔לֶדhai.Ye.ledH3206in the basketאֶת־'et-H853and setוַתָּ֥שֶׂםva.Ta.semH7760it among the reedsבַּסּ֖וּףba.SufH5488alongעַל־'al-H5921the bankשְׂפַ֥תse.FatH8193of the Nileהַיְאֹֽר׃hay.'OrH2975.

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