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Ifאִםyou doתַּעֲשֶׂהthis thingאֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּהand Elohimוְ אֱלֹהִיםso commands you,צִוְּךָyou will be ableוְיָכָלְתָּto endure,עֲמֹדand alsoוְגַםallכָּלthisהַזֶּהpeopleהָעָםwill goיָבֹאto their placeעַל מְקֹמוֹin peace.”בְשָׁלוֹם
Exodus 18:23
Study it in the app“If you do this thing and Elohim so commands you, you will be able to endure, and also all this people will go to their place in peace.””
Moses' father-in-law warns he will wear himself out and advises sharing the loadGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:23, word by word
- you doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “taase” appears- this thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- and Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- so commands youצִוְּtsiv
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiv” appears- you will be ableיָכָלְתָּyachalta
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachalta” appears- to endureעֲמֹדamod
endure
To hold firm, without falling or coming to an end.
Where else “amod” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- will goיָבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to their placeמְקֹמmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
22Let them judge the people at all times; and every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves; so make it lighter for yourself, and they will bear the load with you.
23 · This verse (above)
24Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.