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Exodus 1:18 Interlinear

“called And the king of Egypt for the midwives and said unto them Why have ye done this thing alive the men children”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּקְרָ֤א	H7121	called	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
2	מֶֽלֶךְ	H4428	And the king	a king
3	מִצְרַ֙יִם֙	H4714	of Egypt	mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
4	לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֔ת	H3205	for the midwives	to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
5	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	H559	and said	to say (used with great latitude)
6	לָהֶ֔ן	H0
7	מַדּ֥וּעַ	H4069	unto them Why	what (is) known?; i.e., (by implication) (adverbially) why?
8	עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ן	H6213	have ye done	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
9	הַדָּבָ֣ר	H1697	this thing	a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
10	הַזֶּ֑ה	H2088		the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
11	וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ	H2421	alive	to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
12	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
13	הַיְלָדִֽים׃	H3206	the men children	something born, i.e., a lad or offspring

Exodus 1:18 (current)called And the king of Egypt for the midwives and said unto them Why have ye done this thing alive the men children