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They judgedוְשָׁפְטוּthe peopleאֶת הָעָםat allבְּכָלtimes;עֵתthe difficultהַקָּשֶׁהmatterאֶת הַדָּבָרthey would bringיְבִיאוּןto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁהbut everyוְכָלsmallהַקָּטֹןmatterהַדָּבָרtheyהֵםwould judge themselves.יִשְׁפּוּטוּ
Exodus 18:26
Study it in the app“They judged the people at all times; the difficult matter they would bring to Moses, but every small matter they would judge themselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:26, word by word
- They judgedשָׁפְטוּshaftu
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shaftu” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- timesעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- the difficultקָּשֶׁהkashe
hard
Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.
Where else “kashe” appears- matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- they would bringיְבִיאוּyeviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yeviu” appears- to 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- smallקָּטֹןkaton
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appears
The context
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.
26 · This verse (above)
27Then Moses let his father-in-law go, and he went his way to his own land.