King James Version
Exodus 1:22 in the King James Version says “And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye s...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.”
Exodus 1:22 · KJV
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all his people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Every son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“into the river”
H2975a channel, e.g., a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the nile, as the one river of egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the tigris, as the m
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and every daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“ye shall save alive”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
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