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Exodus 18:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.


Exodus 18:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:1710 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
לֹאlōʾNot
טוֹבṭwōvGood
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
לֹאlōʾNot
טוֹבṭwōvGood
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo

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