Exodus 2:3

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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.But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

In other translations

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.But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

Hebrew words

וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יָכְלָהyakhelahshe was ableH3201עוֹד'odstillH5750הַצְּפִינוֹhatzefinoto hide himH6845וַתִּקַּח־vatikach-and she tookH3947לוֹlofor <the> himתֵּבַתtevata basket ofH8392גֹּמֶאgome'papyrusH1573וַתַּחְמְרָהvatachmerahand sealed it sheH2560בַחֵמָרvachemarwith <the> bitumenH2564וּבַזָּפֶתuvazafetand with <the> pitchH2203וַתָּשֶׂםvatasemand she putH7760בָּהּbahin <the> itאֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַיֶּלֶדhaiyeledthe childH3206וַתָּשֶׂםvatasemand she put [it]H7760בַּסּוּףbasufamong the rush[es]H5488עַל־'al-atH5921שְׂפַתsefat[the] bank ofH8193הַיְאֹר׃hay'orthe RiverH2975

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Places: Nile

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