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Exodus 1:19

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And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?	And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.	Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the midwives^H3205 said^H559 unto Pharaoh^H6547, Because the Hebrew^H5680 women^H802 are not as the Egyptian women^H4713; for they are lively^H2422, and are delivered^H3205 ere^H2962 the midwives^H3205 come in^H935 unto them.

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Original Hebrew

וַתֹּאמַרְןָ הַמְיַלְּדֹת אֶל־פַּרְעֹה כִּי לֹא כַנָּשִׁים הַמִּצְרִיֹּת הָעִבְרִיֹּת כִּי־חָיֹות הֵנָּה בְּטֶרֶם תָּבֹוא אֲלֵהֶן הַמְיַלֶּדֶת וְיָלָדוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תֹּאמַ֤רְןָ	va./to.Mar.na	H559	HC/Vqw3fp	and/ they said
הַֽ/מְיַלְּדֹת֙	ha/m.ya.le.Dot	H3205	HTd/Vprfpa	the/ midwives
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
פַּרְעֹ֔ה	par.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לֹ֧א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
כַ/נָּשִׁ֛ים	kha./na.Shim	H802	HRd/Ncfpa	(are) like the/ women
הַ/מִּצְרִיֹּ֖ת	ha./mitz.ri.Yot	H4713	HTd/Ngfpa	(the)/ Egyptian
הָֽ/עִבְרִיֹּ֑ת	ha./'iv.ri.Yot	H5680	HTd/Ngfpa	the/ Hebrew (women)
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
חָי֣וֹת	cha.Yot	H2422	HAafpa	(are) vigorous
הֵ֔נָּה	He.nah	H2007	HPp3fp	they
בְּ/טֶ֨רֶם	be./Te.rem	H2962	HR/D	(in)/ before
תָּב֧וֹא	ta.Vo'	H935	HVqi3fs	she comes
אֲלֵ/הֶ֛ן	'a.le./Hen	H413	HR/Sp3fp	to/ them
הַ/מְיַלֶּ֖דֶת	ha/m.ya.Le.det	H3205	HTd/Vprfsa	the/ midwife
וְ/יָלָֽדוּ	ve./ya.La.du	H3205	HC/Vqp3cp	and/ they give birth

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H2422 — חָיֶה (châyeh, khaw-yeh'): from חָיָה; vigorous; lively.
• H2962 — טֶרֶם (ṭerem, teh'-rem): from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before; before, ere, not yet.
• H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
• H4713 — מִצְרִי (Mitsrîy, mits-ree'): from מִצְרַיִם; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim; Egyptian, of Egypt.
• H5680 — עִבְרִי (ʻIbrîy, ib-ree'): patronymic from עֵבֵר; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber; Hebrew(-ess, woman).
• H6547 — פַּרְעֹה (Parʻôh, par-o'): of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings; Pharaoh.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H2007 — הֵנָּה (hênnâh, hane'-naw): prolongation for הֵן; themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation); [idiom] in, [idiom] such (and such things), their, (into) them, thence, therein, these, they (had), on this side, whose, wherein.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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