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and the nameוְשֵׁםof the otherהָאֶחָדwas Eliezer,אֱלִיעֶזֶרforכִּיhe said, “The Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof my fatherאָבִיwas my helpבְּעֶזְרִיand delivered meוַיַּצִּלֵנִיfrom the swordמֵחֶרֶבof Pharaoh.”פַּרְעֹה
Exodus 18:4
Study it in the app“and 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:4, word by word
- and the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the otherאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears- was Eliezerאֱלִיעֶזֶרeliezer
Eliezer
Eliezer, the name of Abram's trusted servant from Damascus and of several Israelites, among them a son of Moses and a prophet.
Where else “eliezer” appears- he said, “The Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- was my helpעֶזְרִezri
helper, help
Help, aid; one who helps. It does not imply inferiority: the same word is often used for God as the helper of his people (Psalm 33:20; 121:1-2).
Where else “ezri” appears- and delivered meיַּצִּלֵyatsile
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “yatsile” appears- from the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears
The context
3and 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”;
4 · This verse (above)
5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped, at the mountain of Elohim.