Exodus 18:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;”

Exodus 18:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:120 words

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro

כֹהֵןḵōhēnOfficiating

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

לְמֹשֶׁהləmōšehTo Moses

וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵלûləyiśərāʾēlAnd to he will rule as God

עַמּוֹʿamwōPeople

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הוֹצִיאhwōṣîʾGo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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