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Exodus 18:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:


Exodus 18:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:516 words
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro
חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son
וְאִשְׁתּוֹwəʾišətwōAnd woman
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶלʾelNear
הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוּאhûʾHe
חֹנֶהḥōnehIncline
שָׁםšāmThere
הַרharMountain
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro
חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son
וְאִשְׁתּוֹwəʾišətwōAnd woman
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶלʾelNear
הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוּאhûʾHe
חֹנֶהḥōnehIncline
שָׁםšāmThere
הַרharMountain
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

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