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The next dayוַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָתMosesמֹשֶׁהsatוַיֵּשֶׁבto judgeלִשְׁפֹּטthe people,אֶת הָעָםand the peopleוַ הָעָםstoodיַּעֲמֹדaroundעַלMosesמֹשֶׁהfromמִןmorningהַבֹּקֶרuntilעַדevening.הָעָרֶב
Exodus 18:13
Study it in the app“The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:13, word by word
- The next dayיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- The next dayמָּחֳרָתmachorat
next day
The next day, tomorrow.
Where else “machorat” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
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- satיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appears- to judgeשְׁפֹּטshepot
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shepot” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears
The context
12Jethro, 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”