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Exodus 1:8-11

8NowH4714therearoseוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965anewחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428overEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834knewיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808Josephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130.

9And hesaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto hispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971,Beholdהִנֵּ֗הhi.NehH2009, thepeopleעַ֚ם'amH5971of thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478aremoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480andmightierוְעָצ֖וּםve.'a.TzumH6099thanH4480we:

10comeH1961,letH1961usH5921dealH7235wiselyנִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖הnit.cha.ke.MahH2449with them;lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theymultiplyH7235, and itcomeH1961topassH1961, that, when there fallethoutH4480anyH4480warמִלְחָמָה֙mil.cha.MahH4421, they alsojoinוְנוֹסַ֤ףve.no.SafH3254themselvesH5921unto ourenemiesשֹׂ֣נְאֵ֔ינוּso.ne.'Ei.nuH8130, andfightוְנִלְחַם־ve.nil.cham-H3898againstH5921usH5921, andgetH5927themupH5927outH4480of thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

11Therefore they didsetוַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760over them taskmasters toafflictעַנֹּת֖וֹa.no.ToH6031them with theirburdensבְּסִבְלֹתָ֑םbe.siv.lo.TamH5450. And theybuiltוַיִּ֜בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129forPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547storeמִסְכְּנוֹת֙mis.ke.nOtH4543citiesעָרֵ֤י'a.ReiH5892,Pithomפִּתֹ֖םpi.TomH6619andRaamsesרַעַמְסֵֽס׃ra.'am.SesH7486.

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