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Then Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהletיְשַׁלַּחhis father-in-lawאֶת חֹתְנוֹgo,יְשַׁלַּחand he wentוַיֵּלֶךְhis wayלוֹto his own land.אֶל אַרְצוֹ
Exodus 18:27
Study it in the app“Then Moses let his father-in-law go, and he went his way to his own land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:27, word by word
- Then 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- letיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- 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 he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to his own landאַרְצarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears
The context
26They judged the people at all times; the difficult matter they would bring to Moses, but every small matter they would judge themselves.
27 · This verse (above)