Exodus 18:12

“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.”

Exodus 18:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 18:12, word by word

Jethroיִתְרוֹyitro

Jethro

Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses (called Reuel in Exodus 2:18).

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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).

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father-in-lawחֹתֵןchoten

father-in-law

The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.

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broughtיִּקַּחyikach

fetch

To take someone along, or go and fetch something.

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a burnt offeringעֹלָהola

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

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and sacrificesזְבָחִיםzevachim

sacrifice

An animal offered to God and eaten together.

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for Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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cameיָּבֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne

elder

The senior men who led a city or the people.

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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.

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to eatאֱכָלechal

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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breadלֶחֶםlechem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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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.

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