Exodus 1:19
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Berean Study Bible
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

Young's Literal Translation
And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, ‘Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them—they have borne!’

King James Bible
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

Hebrew
The midwives
הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ (ham·yal·lə·ḏōṯ)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

answered
וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ (wat·tō·mar·nā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Pharaoh,
פַּרְעֹ֔ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

“The Hebrew women
הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת (hā·‘iḇ·rî·yōṯ)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine plural
Strong's 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite

are not
לֹ֧א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

like the Egyptian
הַמִּצְרִיֹּ֖ת (ham·miṣ·rî·yōṯ)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine plural
Strong's 4713: Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt

women,
כַנָּשִׁ֛ים (ḵan·nā·šîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they
הֵ֔נָּה (hên·nāh)
Pronoun - third person feminine plural
Strong's 2007: Themselves

are vigorous
חָי֣וֹת (ḥā·yō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 2422: Community

and give birth
הַמְיַלֶּ֖דֶת (ham·yal·le·ḏeṯ)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

before
בְּטֶ֨רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

a midwife
וְיָלָֽדוּ׃ (wə·yā·lā·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

arrives.”
תָּב֧וֹא (tā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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