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Exodus 2:16-19

16Nowthe priestוּלְכֹהֵ֥ןu.le.kho.HenH3548of Midianמִדְיָ֖ןmid.YanH4080had sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651daughtersבָּנ֑וֹתba.NotH1323; andthey cameוַתָּבֹ֣אנָהva.ta.Vo.nahH935to drawH1802waterH1802and filledוַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙va.te.ma.Le.nahH4390the troughsהָ֣רְהָטִ֔יםha.re.ha.TimH7298to waterלְהַשְׁק֖וֹתle.hash.KotH8248their father’sאֲבִיהֶֽן׃'a.vi.HenH1flockצֹ֥אןtzonH6629.

17Then the shepherdsהָרֹעִ֖יםha.ro.'ImH7462cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935and droveH1644them awayוַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּםvay.ga.re.ShumH1644, butMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872stoodH6965upH6965and helpedוַיּ֣וֹשִׁעָ֔ןvai.Yo.o.shi.'AnH3467them and wateredוַיַּ֖שְׁקְvai.YashkH8248their flockצֹאנָֽם׃tzo.NamH6629.

18When they cameוַתָּבֹ֕אנָהva.ta.Vo.nahH935to their fatherאֲבִיהֶ֑ן'a.vi.HenH1Reuelרְעוּאֵ֖לre.'u.'ElH7467,he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whyמַדּ֛וּעַma.Du.a'H4069have you comeבֹּ֖אbo'H935backso soonמִהַרְתֶּ֥ןmi.har.TenH4116todayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117?”

19They saidוַתֹּאמַ֕רְןָva.to.Mar.naH559, “An Egyptianמִצְרִ֔יmitz.RiH4713savedהִצִּילָ֖נוּhi.tzi.La.nuH5337us fromthe shepherdsהָרֹעִ֑יםha.ro.'ImH7462,and whatH1571isH1571moreH1571,he evenH1802drewH1802waterH1802for us and wateredוַיַּ֖שְׁקְvai.YashkH8248the flockהַצֹּֽאן׃ha.TzonH6629.”

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