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Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto his father-in-law,לְחֹתְנוֹ“Becauseכִּיthe peopleהָעָםcomeיָבֹאto meאֵלַיto inquire ofלִדְרֹשׁElohim.אֱלֹהִים
Exodus 18:15
Study it in the app“Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:15, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his father-in-lawחֹתְנchotn
father-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “chotn” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- comeיָבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to inquire ofדְרֹשׁderosh
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
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?”
15 · This verse (above)
16When they have a matter, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the statutes of Elohim and his instructions.”