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Exodus 1:9-16

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.

12But themoreH3651theyafflictedH1121them, themoreH3651theymultipliedיִרְבֶּ֖הyir.BehH7235and themoreH3651theyspreadיִפְרֹ֑ץyif.RotzH6555abroadH6555. And they were grievedbecauseוְכַאֲשֶׁר֙ve.kha.'a.SherH834of thechildrenH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

13And theEgyptiansמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4713madeH5647thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478toserveH5647with rigour:

14and theymadeH4843theirlivesחַיֵּיהֶ֜םchai.yei.HemH2416bitterוַיְמָרְר֨וּvay.ma.re.RuH4843withhardקָשָׁ֗הka.ShahH7186serviceבַּעֲבֹדָ֣הba.'a.vo.DahH5656, in mortar and inbrickוּבִלְבֵנִ֔יםu.vil.ve.NimH3843, and inallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605manner ofserviceעֲבֹדָ֖ה'a.vo.DahH5656in thefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704,allכָּל־kol-H3605theirserviceעֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם'a.Vo.da.TamH5656,whereinאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theymadeH4843themserveעָבְד֥וּ'a.ve.DuH5647with rigour.

15And thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714spake to theHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑תha.'iv.ri.YotH5680midwivesלַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖תlam.ya.le.DotH3205, ofwhichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834thenameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034of the one wasShiphrahשִׁפְרָ֔הshif.RahH8236, and thenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034of theotherהָֽאַחַת֙ha.'a.ChatH259Puahפּוּעָֽה׃pu.'AhH6326:

16and hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, When yedoH518the office of amidwifeבְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙be.ya.led.KhenH3205to theHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹתha.'iv.ri.YotH5680womenH1323, andseeוּרְאִיתֶ֖ןu.re.'i.TenH7200themuponעַל־'al-H5921thebirthstoolהָאָבְנָ֑יִםha.'a.ve.Na.yimH70;ifH518it be asonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121, then ye shallkillוַהֲמִתֶּ֣ןva.ha.mi.TenH4191him; butifH518it be adaughterבַּ֥תbatH1323, thensheH1931shall live.

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