Exodus 18:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.”

Exodus 18:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:821 words

וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לְחֹתְנוֹləḥōtənwōTo give

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh

וּלְמִצְרַיִםûləmiṣərayimAnd to Mitsrajim

עַלʿalAbove

אוֹדֹתʾwōdōtTurnings

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הַתְּלָאָהhatəlāʾāhThe distress

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

מְצָאָתַםməṣāʾātamCome

בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road

וַיַּצִּלֵםwayaṣilēmAnd snatch

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לְחֹתְנוֹləḥōtənwōTo give

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh

וּלְמִצְרַיִםûləmiṣərayimAnd to Mitsrajim

עַלʿalAbove

אוֹדֹתʾwōdōtTurnings

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַתְּלָאָהhatəlāʾāhThe distress

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

מְצָאָתַםməṣāʾātamCome

בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road

וַיַּצִּלֵםwayaṣilēmAnd snatch

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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