A certain member member NJPS “man.” See the Dictionary under ’ish. of the house of Levi went and took [into his household as his wife] a woman of Levi.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וילך
66
איש
311
מבית
452
לוי
46
ויקח
124
אתבתלוי
849
Exodus 2:2
Gematria: 4027
ותהרהאשהותלדבןותראאתוכיטובהואותצפנהושלשהירחים
The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw how beautiful he was, she hid him for three months.
When she could hide him no longer, she got a wicker basket for him and caulked it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child into it and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולאיכלה
102
עוד
80
הצפינו
241
ותקחלו
550
תבת
802
גמא
44
ותחמרה
659
בחמר
250
ובזפת
495
ותשם
746
בה
7
אתהילד
450
ותשם
746
בסוף
148
עלשפת
880
היאר
216
Exodus 2:4
Gematria: 2236
ותתצבאחתומרחקלדעהמהיעשהלו
And his sister stationed herself at a distance, to learn what would befall him.
The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the Nile, while her maidens walked along the Nile. She spied the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to fetch it.
When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, who made him her son. She named him Moses, Moses Heb. Mosheh from Egyptian for “born of”; here associated with mashah “draw out.” explaining, “I drew him out of the water.”
Some time after that, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his kinsfolk and witnessed their labors. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsmen.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
בימים
102
ההם
50
ויגדל
53
משה
345
ויצא
107
אלאחיו
56
וירא
217
בסבלתם
534
וירא
217
איש
311
מצרי
340
מכה
65
אישעברי
593
מאחיו
65
Exodus 2:12
Gematria: 1775
ויפןכהוכהויראכיאיןאישויךאתהמצריויטמנהובחול
He turned this way and that and, seeing no one about, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
He retorted, “Who made you chief and ruler over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was frightened, and thought: Then the matter is known!
When Pharaoh learned of the matter, he sought to kill Moses; but Moses fled from Pharaoh. He arrived ” in the land of Midian, and sat down beside a well.
A long time after that, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites were groaning under the bondage and cried out; and their cry for help from the bondage rose up to God.