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Moses’מֹשֶׁהfather-in-lawחֹתֵןsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“The thingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהare doingעֹשֶׂהis notלֹאgood.טוֹב
Exodus 18:17
Study it in the app“Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.”
Moses' father-in-law warns he will wear himself out and advises sharing the loadGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:17, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “The thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- are doingעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- goodטוֹבtov
fitting
What is fitting: "it is not good for man to be alone".
Where else “tov” appears
The context
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.”
17 · This verse (above)
18You will surely wear yourself out, both you and this people that is with you; for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.