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Jethro,יִתְרוֹMoses’מֹשֶׁהfather-in-law,חֹתֵןhad takenוַיִּקַּחZipporah,אֶת צִפֹּרָהMoses’מֹשֶׁהwife,אֵשֶׁתafterאַחַרhe had sent her back,שִׁלּוּחֶיהָ
Exodus 18:2
Study it in the app“Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:2, word by word
- Jethroיִתְרוֹyitro
Jethro
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses (called Reuel in Exodus 2:18).
Where else “yitro” appears- 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- had takenיִּקַּחyikach
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “yikach” appears- Zipporahצִפֹּרָהtsipora
Zipporah
Zipporah, daughter of the priest of Midian and wife of Moses. The name means "bird".
Where else “tsipora” appears- wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- he had sent her backשִׁלּוּחֶיshiluche
sending back
Returning someone to their home.
Where else “shiluche” appears
Translation note
The text does not tell when Moses sent his wife back; the last time she is mentioned is in Exodus 4:24-26, on the way to Egypt.
The context
1Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that Elohim had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how YHWH had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2 · This verse (above)
3and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land”;