Exodus 2:6
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She opened it, and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it, she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews.

Exodus 2:5
And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river: and her maids walked by the river's brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges she sent one of her maids for it: and when it was brought,

Exodus 2:7
And the child's sister said to her: Shall I go, and call to thee a Hebrew woman, to nurse the babe?

Jeremiah 34:9
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free: and that they should not lord it over them, to wit, over the Jews their brethren.

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She opened it, and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it, she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews.

she had compassion.

1 Kings 8:50 And forgive thy people, that have sinned against thee, and all their iniquities, by which they have transgressed against thee: and give them mercy before them that have made them captives, that they may have compassion on them.

Nehemiah 1:11 I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Psalm 106:46 And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.

Proverbs 21:1 As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.

Acts 7:21 And when he was exposed, Pharao's daughter took him up and nourished him for her own son.

1 Peter 3:8 And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:

Context
Pharaoh's Daughter Rescues Moses
5And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river: and her maids walked by the river's brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges she sent one of her maids for it: and when it was brought, 6She opened it, and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it, she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews.7And the child's sister said to her: Shall I go, and call to thee a Hebrew woman, to nurse the babe?…
Lexicon
When she opened it,
וַתִּפְתַּח֙ (wat·tip̄·taḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

she saw
וַתִּרְאֵ֣הוּ (wat·tir·’ê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the child,
הַיֶּ֔לֶד (hay·ye·leḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring

and behold,
וְהִנֵּה־ (wə·hin·nêh-)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

the little boy
נַ֖עַר (na·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

was crying.
בֹּכֶ֑ה (bō·ḵeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan

So she had compassion
וַתַּחְמֹ֣ל (wat·taḥ·mōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2550: To commiserate, to spare

on him
עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and said,
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“This is one of
זֶֽה׃ (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

the Hebrew
הָֽעִבְרִ֖ים (hā·‘iḇ·rîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite

children.”
מִיַּלְדֵ֥י (mî·yal·ḏê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring


Additional Translations
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews children.

And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the daughter of Pharao had compassion on it, and said, This is one of the Hebrew's children.

And she opened [it], and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.

And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."

and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'
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