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Exodus 1:15-17

15And thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714spokeוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559to theHebrewהָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑תha.'iv.ri.YotH5680midwivesלַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖תlam.ya.le.DotH3205, of which thenameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034ofoneהָֽאַחַת֙ha.'a.ChatH259wasShiphrahשִׁפְרָ֔הshif.RahH8236, and thenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034of theotherהַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.NitH8145Puahפּוּעָֽה׃pu.'AhH6326:

16And hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, When ye do the office of amidwifeבְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙be.ya.led.KhenH3205to the Hebrewwomenהָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹתha.'iv.ri.YotH5680, andseeוּרְאִיתֶ֖ןu.re.'i.TenH7200them upon thestoolsהָאָבְנָ֑יִםha.'a.ve.Na.yimH70; if it shall be asonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121, then ye shallkillוַהֲמִתֶּ֣ןva.ha.mi.TenH4191him: but if it shall be adaughterבַּ֥תbatH1323, then she shallliveH2425.

17But themidwivesהַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ham.ya.le.DotH3205fearedוַתִּירֶ֤אןָva.ti.Re.naH3372Godהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, anddidעָשׂ֔וּ'a.SuH6213not as thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714commandedדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696them, butsavedH2421themalesהַיְלָדִֽים׃hay.la.DimH3206aliveH2421.

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