Exodus 1:22
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Key Terms in This Verse
חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
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