Exodus 1
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Exodus 1:8-11

8Now therearoseוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965anewחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428overEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, whoknewיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045notJosephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130.
9And hesaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to hispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971, Behold, thepeopleעַ֚ם'amH5971of thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478aremoreרַ֥בravH7227andmightierוְעָצ֖וּםve.'a.TzumH6099than we:
10Comeהָ֥בָהHa.vahH3051, let us dealwiselyנִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖הnit.cha.ke.MahH2449with them; lest theymultiplyיִרְבֶּ֗הyir.BehH7235, and it shall come to pass, that, whenwarמִלְחָמָה֙mil.cha.MahH4421happenethתִקְרֶ֤אנָהtik.Re.nahH7122,theyהוּא֙hu'H1931willjoinוְנוֹסַ֤ףve.no.SafH3254with ourenemiesשֹׂ֣נְאֵ֔ינוּso.ne.'Ei.nuH8130, andfightוְנִלְחַם־ve.nil.cham-H3898against us, anddepartוְעָלָ֥הve.'a.LahH5927from thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.
11Therefore theysetוַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760over themtaskmastersשָׂרֵ֣י מִסִּ֔יםsa.Rei mi.SimH4522H8269toafflictעַנֹּת֖וֹa.no.ToH6031them with theirburdensבְּסִבְלֹתָ֑םbe.siv.lo.TamH5450. And theybuiltוַיִּ֜בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129forPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547treasureמִסְכְּנוֹת֙mis.ke.nOtH4543citiesעָרֵ֤י'a.ReiH5892,Pithomפִּתֹ֖םpi.TomH6619andRaamsesרַעַמְסֵֽס׃ra.'am.SesH7486.
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