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Exodus 2:16-22

16NowH935thepriestוּלְכֹהֵ֥ןu.le.kho.HenH3548ofMidianמִדְיָ֖ןmid.YanH4080hadsevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651daughtersבָּנ֑וֹתba.NotH1323: and theycameH935anddrewH4390waterלְהַשְׁק֖וֹתle.hash.KotH8248, andfilledוַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙va.te.ma.Le.nahH4390the troughs towaterH8248theirfather’sאֲבִיהֶֽן׃'a.vi.HenH1flockצֹ֥אןtzonH6629.

17And theshepherdsהָרֹעִ֖יםha.ro.'ImH7462cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935anddroveH1644themawayוַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּםvay.ga.re.ShumH1644: butMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872stoodH6965upH6965andhelpedוַיּ֣וֹשִׁעָ֔ןvai.Yo.o.shi.'AnH3467them, andwateredוַיַּ֖שְׁקְvai.YashkH8248theirflockצֹאנָֽם׃tzo.NamH6629.

18And when theycameH935toReuelרְעוּאֵ֖לre.'u.'ElH7467theirfatherאֲבִיהֶ֑ן'a.vi.HenH1, hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, How is it that ye arecomeH935soH935soonמִהַרְתֶּ֥ןmi.har.TenH4116todayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117?

19And theysaidוַתֹּאמַ֕רְןָva.to.Mar.naH559, AnEgyptianמִצְרִ֔יmitz.RiH4713deliveredH5337usH5337outH3027of thehandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of theshepherdsהָרֹעִ֑יםha.ro.'ImH7462, andmoreoverוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571he drewwaterוַיַּ֖שְׁקְvai.YashkH8248forusH5337, andwateredH8248theflockהַצֹּֽאן׃ha.TzonH6629.

20And hesaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto hisdaughtersבְּנֹתָ֖יוbe.no.TavH1323, AndwhereH346is he?whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100is it that ye haveleftעֲזַבְתֶּ֣ן'a.zav.TenH5800themanהָאִ֔ישׁha.'IshH376?callקִרְאֶ֥ןkir.'EnH7121him, that he mayeatוְיֹ֥אכַלve.Yo.khalH398breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

21AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872was content todwellלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427with themanהָאִ֑ישׁha.'IshH376: and hegaveוַיִּתֵּ֛ןvai.yi.TenH5414Mosesלְמֹשֶֽׁה׃le.mo.ShehH4872Zipporahצִפֹּרָ֥הtzi.po.RahH6855hisdaughterבִתּ֖וֹvi.ToH1323.

22Andsheכִּ֣יkiH3588bare asonבֵּ֔ןBenH1121, and hecalledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Gershomגֵּרְשֹׁ֑םge.re.ShomH1647: for hesaidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559, I have been asojournerגֵּ֣רgerH1616in a strangelandבְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzH776.

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