Exodus 2:5
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
כָּבַס
kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
נַעֲרָה
naʻărâh
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
a female slave (as a member of the household)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →כָּבַס kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Study H3526 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →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 →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 →Cross References
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine han...
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
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