Exodus 18:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.”

Exodus 18:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:1219 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro

חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

עֹלָהʿōlāhStep

וּזְבָחִיםûzəvāḥîmAnd slaughter

לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֶאֱכָלleʾĕḵālTo eat

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

עִםʿimWith

חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro

חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

עֹלָהʿōlāhStep

וּזְבָחִיםûzəvāḥîmAnd slaughter

לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֶאֱכָלleʾĕḵālTo eat

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

עִםʿimWith

חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

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