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Exodus 2:7

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?

KJV

Cui soror pueri : Vis, inquit, ut vadam, et vocem tibi mulierem hebræam, quæ nutrire possit infantulum ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ τῇ θυγατρὶ Φαραώ Θέλεις καλέσω σοι γυναῖκα τροφεύουσαν ἐκ τῶν Ἐβραίων, καὶ θηλάσει σοι τὸ παιδίον;

LXX

Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אֲחֹת/וֹ֮ אֶל בַּת פַּרְעֹה֒ הַ/אֵלֵ֗ךְ וְ/קָרָ֤אתִי לָ/ךְ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה מֵינֶ֔קֶת מִ֖ן הָ/עִבְרִיֹּ֑ת וְ/תֵינִ֥ק לָ֖/ךְ אֶת הַ/יָּֽלֶד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 119×
יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹנֵ֖ק
yvnq
verb · 32×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
עִבְרִ֔ים
'brym
noun · 34×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 2:4 — And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
  • Num 12:1 — And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
  • Num 26:59 — And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.