וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל־הָאָבְנָ֑יִם אִם־בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ וְאִם־בַּ֥ת הִ֖יא וָחָֽיָה׃
At sinabi niya: “Kapag pinapaanak ninyo ang mga babaeng Hebreo, at tiningnan ninyo sila sa upuang panganakan, kung lalaki ito, patayin ninyo siya; ngunit kung babae ito, siya ay mabubuhay.”
Rashi
בילדכן WHEN YE DO THE OFFICE OF A MIDWIFE — This word (the Piel) has the same force as בהולידכן (the Hiphil): when you assist them to give birth.
Ibn Ezra
The Hebrew women. Anyone from the family of Ever is called a Hebrew, and because of his faith he is called a Hebrew. In the same way, it is said (Bereishis 10:21): “And to Shem were also born children; he was the father of all the people of Ever,” meaning, the father of all the people who came from the other side of (m’ever) the river.
Rashbam
על האבנים; on the birth-chair. We encounter this expression משבר meaning birth-chair in Kings II 19,3 באו בנים עד המשבר, “the babes have reached the birth-stool.” The expression אבנים also occurs in Jeremiah 18,3 where it describes a tool similar to round millstones.
Or HaChaim
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על האבנים UPON THE STOOLS — the seat for the woman in the act of childbirth; in another passage (Isaiah 37:3) Scripture terms it מַשְׁבֵּר. Similar is, (Jeremiah 18:3) “He was at work on the אבנים" — the place of the vessels of (being produced by) the craftsmanship of the potter.