Whenכִּיthey haveיִהְיֶה לָהֶםa matter,דָּבָרit comesבָּאto me,אֵלַיand I judgeוְשָׁפַטְתִּיbetweenבֵּיןa manאִישׁandוּבֵיןhis neighbor,רֵעֵהוּand I make knownוְהוֹדַעְתִּיthe statutesאֶת חֻקֵּיof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםand his instructions.”וְאֶת תּוֹרֹתָיו
Exodus 18:16
Study it in the app“When 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:16, word by word
- they haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- it comesבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- and I judgeשָׁפַטְתִּיshafatti
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shafatti” appears- a manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- and I make knownהוֹדַעְתִּיhodati
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodati” appears- the statutesחֻקֵּיchuke
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chuke” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and his instructionsתּוֹרֹתָיtorotay
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torotay” appears
The context
15Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of Elohim.
16 · This verse (above)
17Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.