Exo 2:2 | NET2full | STEP | The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son . When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months .

‏ Exodus 2:2

2 The woman became pregnant ^{▼▼tn Or “conceived” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).} and gave birth to a son. When ^{▼▼tn A preterite form with the vav consecutive can be subordinated to a following clause. What she saw stands as a reason for what she did: “when she saw…she hid him three months.”} she saw that ^{▼▼tn After verbs of perceiving or seeing there are frequently two objects, the formal accusative (“she saw him”) and then a noun clause that explains what it was about the child that she perceived (“that he was healthy”). See GKC 365 §117.h.} he was a healthy ^{▼▼tn Or “fine” (טוֹב, tov). The construction is parallel to phrases in the creation narrative (“and God saw that it was good,” Gen 1:4, 10, 12, 17, 21, 25, 31). B. Jacob says, “She looked upon her child with a joy similar to that of God upon His creation (Gen 1.4ff.)” (Exodus, 25).} child, she hid him for three months.