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Exodus 18:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.


Exodus 18:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:612 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֲנִיʾănîI
חֹתֶנְךָḥōtenəḵāGive
יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro
בָּאbāʾGo
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
וְאִשְׁתְּךָwəʾišətəḵāAnd woman
וּשְׁנֵיûšənêAnd two
בָנֶיהָvāneyhāSon
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֲנִיʾănîI
חֹתֶנְךָḥōtenəḵāGive
יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro
בָּאbāʾGo
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
וְאִשְׁתְּךָwəʾišətəḵāAnd woman
וּשְׁנֵיûšənêAnd two
בָנֶיהָvāneyhāSon
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith

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