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Exodus 1:20 Interlinear

“dealt well Therefore God with the midwives multiplied and the people mighty and waxed very”

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#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֵּ֥יטֶב	H3190	dealt well	to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
2	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	H430	Therefore God	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
3	לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֑ת	H3205	with the midwives	to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
4	וַיִּ֧רֶב	H7235	multiplied	to increase (in whatever respect)
5	הָעָ֛ם	H5971	and the people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
6	וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ	H6105	mighty	to bind fast, i.e., close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
7	מְאֹֽד׃	H3966	and waxed very	properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or

Exodus 1:20 (current)dealt well Therefore God with the midwives multiplied and the people mighty and waxed very