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andוְאֵתher twoשְׁנֵיsons,בָנֶיהָof whomאֲשֶׁרthe nameשֵׁםof the oneהָאֶחָדwas Gershom,גֵּרְשֹׁםforכִּיhe said,אָמַר“I have beenהָיִיתִיa resident alienגֵּרin a foreignנָכְרִיָּהland”;בְּאֶרֶץ
Exodus 18:3
Study it in the app“and 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”;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:3, word by word
- her twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- sonsבָנֶיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- was Gershomגֵּרְשֹׁםgershom
Gershom
Gershom, the elder son of Moses; his name sounds like "a stranger there". Other men also bore it, among them a son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16).
Where else “gershom” appears- he saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “I have beenהָיִיתִיhayiti
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayiti” appears- a resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- in a foreignנָכְרִיָּהnachriya
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears
The context
2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
3 · This verse (above)
4and the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “The Elohim of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”