New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 2:18-20

18When they cameוַתָּבֹ֕אנָהva.ta.Vo.nahH935toReuelרְעוּאֵ֖לre.'u.'ElH7467their fatherאֲבִיהֶ֑ן'a.vi.HenH1,he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whyמַדּ֛וּעַma.Du.a'H4069have you comeבֹּ֖אbo'H935backso soonמִהַרְתֶּ֥ןmi.har.TenH4116todayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117?”

19So they saidוַתֹּאמַ֕רְןָva.to.Mar.naH559, “An Egyptianמִצְרִ֔יmitz.RiH4713deliveredהִצִּילָ֖נוּhi.tzi.La.nuH5337us from the handמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of the shepherdsהָרֹעִ֑יםha.ro.'ImH7462,and whatH1571is moreH1571,he evenH1571drewדָּלֹ֤הda.LohH1802the waterדָלָה֙da.LahH1802for us and wateredוַיַּ֖שְׁקְvai.YashkH8248the flockהַצֹּֽאן׃ha.TzonH6629.”

20He saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his daughtersבְּנֹתָ֖יוbe.no.TavH1323, “Whereוְאַיּ֑וֹve.'ai.YoH335is he then? Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100is it that you have leftH5800the manהָאִ֔ישׁha.'IshH376behindH5800?Inviteקִרְאֶ֥ןkir.'EnH7121himto have somethingלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899to eatוְיֹ֥אכַלve.Yo.khalH398.”

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