King James Version
Exodus 2:8 in the King James Version says “And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.”
Exodus 2:8 · KJV
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.
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. Moses: that is, Drawn out
KJV Study — Public Domain
“daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“and called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
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