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Exodus 18:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.


Exodus 18:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:713 words
וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לִקְרַאתliqəraʾtTo encountering
חֹתְנוֹḥōtənwōGive
וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress
וַיִּשַּׁקwayišaqAnd kiss
לוֹlwōTo
וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּwayišəʾălûAnd inquire
אִישׁʾîšMan
לְרֵעֵהוּlərēʿēhûTo associate
לְשָׁלוֹםləšālwōmTo safe
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
הָאֹהֱלָהhāʾōhĕlāhThe tent
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לִקְרַאתliqəraʾtTo encountering
חֹתְנוֹḥōtənwōGive
וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress
וַיִּשַּׁקwayišaqAnd kiss
לוֹlwōTo
וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּwayišəʾălûAnd inquire
אִישׁʾîšMan
לְרֵעֵהוּlərēʿēhûTo associate
לְשָׁלוֹםləšālwōmTo safe
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
הָאֹהֱלָהhāʾōhĕlāhThe tent

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