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Exodus 2:2-6

2And the womanהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802conceivedוַתַּ֥הַרva.Ta.harH2029and gaveH3205birthH3205to a sonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121;and when she sawוַתֵּ֤רֶאva.Te.re'H7200that he wasbeautifulט֣וֹבTovH2896,she hidוַֽתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּva.titz.pe.Ne.huH6845him for threeשְׁלֹשָׁ֥הshe.lo.ShahH7969monthsיְרָחִֽים׃ye.ra.ChimH3391.
3But when she couldיָכְלָ֣הya.khe.LahH3201noוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808longerעוֹד֮'OdH5750hideהַצְּפִינוֹ֒ha.tze.fi.NoH6845him, she gotוַתִּֽקַּֽח־va.ti.kach-H3947him apapyrusגֹּ֔מֶאGo.me'H1573basketתֵּ֣בַתTe.vatH8392and coveredוַתַּחְמְרָ֥הva.tach.me.RahH2560it with tarבַחֵמָ֖רva.che.MarH2564and pitchוּבַזָּ֑פֶתu.va.Za.fetH2203.Then she putוַתָּ֤שֶׂםva.Ta.semH7760the childהַיֶּ֔לֶדhai.Ye.ledH3206in it and setוַתָּ֥שֶׂםva.Ta.semH7760it among thereedsבַּסּ֖וּףba.SufH5488by the bankשְׂפַ֥תse.FatH8193of the Nileהַיְאֹֽר׃hay.'OrH2975.
4And his sisterאֲחֹת֖וֹ'a.cho.ToH269stoodוַתֵּתַצַּ֥בva.te.ta.TzavH3320at a distanceמֵרָחֹ֑קme.ra.ChokH7350tofindלְדֵעָ֕הle.de.'AhH3045out whatמַה־mah-H4100wouldhappenיֵּעָשֶׂ֖הye.'a.SehH6213to him.
5Now the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Pharaohפַּרְעֹה֙par.'OhH6547cameH3381downוַתֵּ֤רֶדva.Te.redH3381to batheלִרְחֹ֣ץlir.ChotzH7364at the Nileהַיְאֹ֔רhay.'OrH2975,with her femaleוְנַעֲרֹתֶ֥יהָve.na.'a.ro.Tei.haH5291attendantsH5291walkingהֹלְכֹ֖תho.le.KhotH1980alongsideיַ֣דyadH5921H3027the Nileהַיְאֹ֑רhay.'OrH2975;and she sawוַתֵּ֤רֶאva.Te.re'H7200thebasketהַתֵּבָה֙ha.te.VahH8392amongבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432the reedsהַסּ֔וּףha.SufH5488and sentוַתִּשְׁלַ֥חva.tish.LachH7971her slaveH519womanH519,and she broughtוַתִּקָּחֶֽהָva.ti.ka.Che.haH3947it to her.
6When she openedוַתִּפְתַּח֙va.tif.TachH6605it, shesawוַתִּרְאֵ֣הוּva.tir.'E.huH7200the childהַיֶּ֔לֶדhai.Ye.ledH3206,and beholdוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009, theboyנַ֖עַרNa.'arH5288was cryingבֹּכֶ֑הbo.KhehH1058.And she hadH2550pityH2550on him and saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559, “Thisזֶֽה׃ZehH2088is oneH4480of the Hebrews’הָֽעִבְרִ֖יםha.'iv.RimH5680childrenמִיַּלְדֵ֥יmi.yal.DeiH3206.”
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