King James Version
Exodus 2:6 in the King James Version says “And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.”
Exodus 2:6 · KJV
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
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“And when she had opened”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“it she saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and behold the babe”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“This is one of the Hebrews”
H5680an eberite (i.e., hebrew) or descendant of eber
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