Exodus 18:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”

Exodus 18:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:1617 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

לָהֶםlāhemTo

דָּבָרdāvārWord

בָּאbāʾGo

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

וְשָׁפַטְתִּיwəšāp̄aṭətîAnd judge

בֵּיןbênBetween

אִישׁʾîšMan

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate

וְהוֹדַעְתִּיwəhwōdaʿətîAnd know

אֶתʾet—

חֻקֵּיḥuqêEnactment

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

וְאֶתwəʾet—

תּוֹרֹתָיוtwōrōtāywPrecept

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

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