Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThen the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, Young's Literal Translation 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), King James Bible 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: Hebrew Then the kingמֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Egypt מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 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 559: To utter, say to the Hebrew הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת (hā·‘iḇ·rî·yōṯ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine plural Strong's 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 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage whose אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that names were שֵׁ֤ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8034: A name Shiphrah שִׁפְרָ֔ה (šip̄·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 8236: Shiphrah -- 'fairness', a Hebrew midwife and הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית (haš·šê·nîṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number) Puah, פּוּעָֽה׃ (pū·‘āh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6326: Puah -- an Israelite midwife |