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Exodus 18:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,


Exodus 18:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:210 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro
חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶתʾet
צִפֹּרָהṣipōrāhTsipporah
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
שִׁלּוּחֶיהָšilûḥeyhāDismissal
Words 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
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
צִפֹּרָהṣipōrāhTsipporah
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
שִׁלּוּחֶיהָšilûḥeyhāDismissal

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