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Exodus 18:22 — King James Version← Study notes

And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.


Exodus 18:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:2220 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שָׁפְט֣וּwəšāpəṭw
and they will judgeconjH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עָם֮hāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
at everypronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֵת֒ʿēt
timenounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
וְ/הָיָ֞הwəhāyāh
and it will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/דָּבָ֤רhadābār
matterparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/גָּדֹל֙hagādōl
greatparticleH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
יָבִ֣יאוּyābiyʾw
they will bringverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלֶ֔י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and everyconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/דָּבָ֥רhadābār
matterparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/קָּטֹ֖ןhaqāṭōn
smallparticleH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
יִשְׁפְּטוּyišəpəṭw
they will judgeverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
הֵ֑םhēm
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
וְ/הָקֵל֙wəhāqēl
and lightenconjH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
מֵֽ/עָלֶ֔י/ךָmēʿāleykā
from on yourselfpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/נָשְׂא֖וּwənāśəʾw
and they will bearconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אִתָּֽ/ךְʾitākə
with youpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Yuki TanakaNote1mo ago
Finding rest in God - Exodus 18
This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of life. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. I notice the repetition here is deliberate ...
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