Exodus 1:15 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 1:15 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת
yâlad
H3205
to bear
הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת
ʻIbrîy
H5680
Hebrew
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
שֵׁ֤ם
shêm
H8034
name
הָֽאַחַת֙
ʼechâd
H259
one
שִׁפְרָ֔ה
Shiphrâh
H8236
Shiphrah
וְשֵׁ֥ם
shêm
H8034
name
הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית
shênîy
H8145
second
פּוּעָֽה
Pûwʻâh
H6326
Puah
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
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King James Version Public Domain
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the second was Puah.
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