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Exodus 2:15-22

15Now whenPharaohפַּרְעֹה֙par.'OhH6547heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvai.yish.Ma'H8085thisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697, hesoughtוַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁvay.va.KeshH1245toslayלַהֲרֹ֣גla.ha.RogH2026Mosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872. ButMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872fledוַיִּבְרַ֤חvai.yiv.RachH1272from thefaceמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440ofPharaohפַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhH6547, anddweltוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in thelandבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776ofMidianמִדְיָ֖ןmid.YanH4080: and he satdownוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427by awellהַבְּאֵֽר׃ha.be.'ErH875.

16Now thepriestוּלְכֹהֵ֥ןu.le.kho.HenH3548ofMidianמִדְיָ֖ןmid.YanH4080hadsevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651daughtersבָּנ֑וֹתba.NotH1323: and theycameוַתָּבֹ֣אנָהva.ta.Vo.nahH935anddrewוַתִּדְלֶ֗נָהva.tid.Le.nahH1802water, andfilledוַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙va.te.ma.Le.nahH4390thetroughsהָ֣רְהָטִ֔יםha.re.ha.TimH7298towaterלְהַשְׁק֖וֹתle.hash.KotH8248theirfather’sאֲבִיהֶֽן׃'a.vi.HenH1flockצֹ֥אןtzonH6629.

17And theshepherdsהָרֹעִ֖יםha.ro.'ImH7462cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935and drove themawayוַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּםvay.ga.re.ShumH1644: butMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872stoodupוַיָּ֤קָםvai.Ya.komH6965andhelpedוַיּ֣וֹשִׁעָ֔ןvai.Yo.o.shi.'AnH3467them, andwateredוַיַּ֖שְׁקְvai.YashkH8248theirflockצֹאנָֽם׃tzo.NamH6629.

18And when theycameוַתָּבֹ֕אנָהva.ta.Vo.nahH935toReuelרְעוּאֵ֖לre.'u.'ElH7467theirfatherאֲבִיהֶ֑ן'a.vi.HenH1, hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Howמַדּ֛וּעַma.Du.a'H4069is it that ye arecomeבֹּ֖אbo'H935sosoonמִהַרְתֶּ֥ןmi.har.TenH4116todayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117?

19And theysaidוַתֹּאמַ֕רְןָva.to.Mar.naH559, AnEgyptianאִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י'ish mitz.RiH4713 H376deliveredהִצִּילָ֖נוּhi.tzi.La.nuH5337us from thehandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of theshepherdsהָרֹעִ֑יםha.ro.'ImH7462, and alsodrewדָּלֹ֤הda.LohH1802waterenoughדָלָה֙da.LahH1802for us, andwateredוַיַּ֖שְׁקְvai.YashkH8248theflockהַצֹּֽאן׃ha.TzonH6629.

20And hesaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to hisdaughtersבְּנֹתָ֖יוbe.no.TavH1323, And where is he? why is it that ye haveleftעֲזַבְתֶּ֣ן'a.zav.TenH5800themanהָאִ֔ישׁha.'IshH376?callקִרְאֶ֥ןkir.'EnH7121him, that he mayeatוְיֹ֥אכַלve.Yo.khalH398breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

21AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872wascontentוַיּ֥וֹאֶלvai.Yo.'elH2974todwellלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427with themanהָאִ֑ישׁha.'IshH376: and hegaveוַיִּתֵּ֛ןvai.yi.TenH5414Mosesלְמֹשֶֽׁה׃le.mo.ShehH4872Zipporahצִפֹּרָ֥הtzi.po.RahH6855hisdaughterבִתּ֖וֹvi.ToH1323.

22And sheboreוַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledH3205him asonבֵּ֔ןBenH1121, and hecalledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Gershomגֵּרְשֹׁ֑םge.re.ShomH1647: for hesaidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559, I have been astrangerגֵּ֣רgerH1616in astrangeנָכְרִיָּֽה׃ פna.khe.ri.YahH5237landבְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzH776.

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