Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua, no reference Context Oppression by a New King…14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth. 15And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,16Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.… Cross References Exodus 1:14 And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth. Exodus 1:16 Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive. Jonah 1:9 And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us, what is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou? or of what people art thou? Lexicon Then the kingמֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king of Egypt מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa said וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to the Hebrew הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת (hā·‘iḇ·rî·yōṯ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite midwives, לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת (lam·yal·lə·ḏōṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage whose אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that names were שֵׁ֤ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name Shiphrah שִׁפְרָ֔ה (šip̄·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8236: Shiphrah -- 'fairness', a Hebrew midwife and הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית (haš·šê·nîṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8145: Second (an ordinal number) Puah, פּוּעָֽה׃ (pū·‘āh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6326: Puah -- an Israelite midwife Additional Translations Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And the king of the Egyptians spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews; the name of the one was, Sepphora; and the name of the second, Phua. And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives -- of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah -- 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: And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:) 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, And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one is Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah), Jump to Previous Egypt Hebrew Help Midwives Names Puah Pu'ah Second Speaketh Time WomenJump to Next Egypt Hebrew Help Midwives Names Puah Pu'ah Second Speaketh Time WomenLinks Exodus 1:15 NIVExodus 1:15 NLT Exodus 1:15 ESV Exodus 1:15 NASB Exodus 1:15 KJV Exodus 1:15 Bible Apps Exodus 1:15 Biblia Paralela Exodus 1:15 Chinese Bible Exodus 1:15 French Bible Exodus 1:15 German Bible Alphabetical: and Egypt Hebrew king midwives named names of one other Puah said Shiphrah spoke The Then to was were whom whose OT Law: Exodus 1:15 The king of Egypt spoke to (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |