Exodus 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.”

Exodus 2:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:2110 words

וַיּוֹאֶלwaywōʾelAnd yield

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit

אֶתʾetNearness

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶתʾet—

צִפֹּרָהṣipōrāhTsipporah

בִתּוֹvitwōDaughter

לְמֹשֶׁהləmōšehTo Moses

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיּוֹאֶלwaywōʾelAnd yield

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit

אֶתʾetNearness

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

צִפֹּרָהṣipōrāhTsipporah

בִתּוֹvitwōDaughter

לְמֹשֶׁהləmōšehTo Moses

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