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Mosesמֹשֶׁהlistenedוַיִּשְׁמַעto the voiceלְקוֹלof his father-in-lawחֹתְנוֹand didוַיַּעַשׂallכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרhe had said.אָמָר
Exodus 18:24
Study it in the app“Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.”
Moses' father-in-law warns he will wear himself out and advises sharing the loadGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:24, 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- listenedיִּשְׁמַעyishma
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “yishma” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of his father-in-lawחֹתְנchotn
father-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “chotn” appears- and didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- he had saidאָמָרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears
The context
23If 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.”
24 · This verse (above)
25Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens.