22. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Exodus 2:22:1 ⧉וַתֵּ֣לֶדvateled{And} she bore Exodus 2:22:2 ⧉בֵּ֔ןbena son Exodus 2:22:3 ⧉וַיִּקְרָ֥אvayikra{And} he called Exodus 2:22:4 ⧉אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹetshemohis name Exodus 2:22:5 ⧉גֵּרְשֹׁ֑םgershomGershom Exodus 2:22:6 ⧉כִּ֣יkifor Exodus 2:22:7 ⧉אָמַ֔רamarhe said Exodus 2:22:8 ⧉גֵּ֣רgera sojourner Exodus 2:22:9 ⧉הָיִ֔יתִיhayitiI have been Exodus 2:22:10 ⧉בְּאֶ֖רֶץbeeretsin a land Exodus 2:22:11 ⧉נָכְרִיָּֽה׃פnokhriyaforeign |
22. Formal Translation She bore a son and he named him Gershom, because he said, “I have been a ger in a foreign land.” |
22. Dynamic Translation She had a son, and he named him Gershom, explaining, “I have become a foreigner in an unfamiliar land.” |