Exodus 2:3 Hebrew Word Analysis

0וְלֹֽאh3808
1And when she couldיָכְלָ֣הh3201
2not longerעוֹד֮h5750
3hideהַצְּפִינוֹ֒h6845
4him she tookוַתִּֽקַּֽחh3947
5לוֹ֙h0
6for him an arkתֵּ֣בַתh8392
7of bulrushesגֹּ֔מֶאh1573
8and daubedוַתַּחְמְרָ֥הh2560
9it with slimeבַֽחֵמָ֖רh2564
10and with pitchוּבַזָּ֑פֶתh2203
15and putוַתָּ֥שֶׂםh7760
12בָּהּ֙h0
13אֶתh853
14the childהַיֶּ֔לֶדh3206
15and putוַתָּ֥שֶׂםh7760
16it in the flagsבַּסּ֖וּףh5488
17עַלh5921
18brinkשְׂפַ֥תh8193
19by the river'sהַיְאֹֽר׃h2975

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid [it] in the sedge on the bank of the river.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

World English Bible (WEB)

When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth `it' in the weeds by the edge of the River;