Jethro,יִתְרוֹMoses’מֹשֶׁהfather-in-law,חֹתֵןbroughtוַיִּקַּחa burnt offeringעֹלָהand sacrificesוּזְבָחִיםfor Elohim;לֵאלֹהִיםand Aaronאַהֲרֹןcame,וַיָּבֹאwith allוְכֹלthe eldersזִקְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלto eatלֶאֱכָלbreadלֶחֶםwithעִםMoses’מֹשֶׁהfather-in-lawחֹתֵןbeforeלִפְנֵיElohim.הָאֱלֹהִים
Exodus 18:12
Study it in the app“Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for Elohim; and Aaron came, with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:12, word by word
- Jethroיִתְרוֹyitro
Jethro
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses (called Reuel in Exodus 2:18).
Where else “yitro” appears- Moses’מֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- father-in-lawחֹתֵןchoten
father-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “choten” appears- broughtיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears- a burnt offeringעֹלָהola
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appears- and sacrificesזְבָחִיםzevachim
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevachim” appears- for Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- to eatאֱכָלechal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echal” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
11Now I know that YHWH is greater than all the gods, for he proved it in the matter in which they acted arrogantly against them.”
12 · This verse (above)
13The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.