- 1Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יְמָה אֵ֣ת יַעֲקֹ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ וּבֵית֖וֹ בָּֽאוּ
- 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,רְאוּבֵ֣ן שִׁמְע֔וֹן לֵוִ֖י וִיהוּדָֽה
- 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,יִשָּׂשכָ֥ר זְבוּלֻ֖ן וּבְנְיָמִֽן
- 4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.דָּ֥ן וְנַפְתָּלִ֖י גָּ֥ד וְאָשֵֽׁר
- 5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.וַֽיְהִ֗י כָּל נֶ֛פֶשׁ יֹצְאֵ֥י יֶֽרֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֖ב שִׁבְעִ֣ים נָ֑פֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הָיָ֥ה בְמִצְרָֽיִם
- 6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.וַיָּ֤מָת יוֹסֵף֙ וְכָל אֶחָ֔יו וְכֹ֖ל הַדּ֥וֹר הַהֽוּא
- 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל פָּר֧וּ וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ אֹתָֽם
- 8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.וַיָּ֥קָם מֶֽלֶךְ חָדָ֖שׁ עַל מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא יָדַ֖ע אֶת יוֹסֵֽף
- 9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֶל עַמּ֑וֹ הִנֵּ֗ה עַ֚ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רַ֥ב וְעָצ֖וּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ
- 10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.הָ֥בָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖ה פֶּן יִרְבֶּ֗ה וְהָיָ֞ה כִּֽי תִקְרֶ֤אנָה מִלְחָמָה֙ וְנוֹסַ֤ף גַּם הוּא֙ עַל שֹׂ֣נְאֵ֔ינוּ וְנִלְחַם וְעָלָ֥ה מִן הָאָֽרֶץ
- 11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ עָלָיו֙ שָׂרֵ֣י מִסִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן עַנֹּת֖וֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָ֑ם וַיִּ֜בֶן עָרֵ֤י מִסְכְּנוֹת֙ לְפַרְעֹ֔ה אֶת פִּתֹ֖ם וְאֶת רַעַמְסֵֽס
- 12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.וְכַאֲשֶׁר֙ יְעַנּ֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כֵּ֥ן יִרְבֶּ֖ה וְכֵ֣ן יִפְרֹ֑ץ וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
- 13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ מִצְרַ֛יִם אֶת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּפָֽרֶךְ
- 14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.וַיְמָרְר֨וּ אֶת חַיֵּיהֶ֜ם בַּעֲבֹדָ֣ה קָשָׁ֗ה בְּחֹ֨מֶר֙ וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים וּבְכָל עֲבֹדָ֖ה בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה אֵ֚ת כָּל עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר עָבְד֥וּ בְּפָֽרֶךְ
- 15And 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:וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה
- 16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת הָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל הָאָבְנָ֑יִם אִם בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ וְאִם בַּ֥ת הִ֖יא וָחָֽיָה
- 17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶת הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֣א עָשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת הַיְלָדִֽים
- 18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?וַיִּקְרָ֤א מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֔ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מַדּ֥וּעַ עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ן הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת הַיְלָדִֽים
- 19And 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.וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶל פַּרְעֹ֔ה כִּ֣י לֹ֧א כַנָּשִׁ֛ים הַמִּצְרִיֹּ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת כִּֽי חָי֣וֹת הֵ֔נָּה בְּטֶ֨רֶם תָּב֧וֹא אֲלֵהֶ֛ן הַמְיַלֶּ֖דֶת וְיָלָֽדוּ
- 20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.וַיֵּ֥יטֶב אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֑ת וַיִּ֧רֶב הָעָ֛ם וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ מְאֹֽד
- 21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.וַיְהִ֕י כִּֽי יָֽרְא֥וּ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת אֶת הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיַּ֥עַשׂ בָּתִּֽים
- 22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.וַיְצַ֣ו פַּרְעֹ֔ה לְכָל עַמּ֖וֹ לֵאמֹ֑ר כָּל הַבֵּ֣ן הַיִּלּ֗וֹד הַיְאֹ֨רָה֙ תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּ וְכָל הַבַּ֖ת תְּחַיּֽוּן
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235 tagged Hebrew tokens113 distinct lexical entries22 of 22 verses source-tagged
יָלַדH3205
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
בֵּןH1121
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
מִצְרַיִםH4714
Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
יִשְׂרָאֵלH3478
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
הוּאH1931
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
מֶלֶךְH4428
a king
עַםH5971
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
רָבָהH7235
to increase (in whatever respect)
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 1:1 | 3,721 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:2 | 2,107 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:3 | 2,383 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:4 | 1,794 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:5 | 4,770 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:6 | 1,701 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:7 | 4,629 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:8 | 4,531 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:9 | 2,847 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:10 | 7,172 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:11 | 8,445 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:12 | 4,918 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:13 | 2,824 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:14 | 6,276 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:15 | 7,200 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:16 | 8,129 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:17 | 8,448 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:18 | 6,620 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:19 | 7,710 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:20 | 2,357 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:21 | 3,217 | study verse |
| Exodus 1:22 | 4,325 | study verse |
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