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Jethro,יִתְרוֹMoses’מֹשֶׁהfather-in-law,חֹתֵןcameוַיָּבֹאwith his sonsוּבָנָיוand his wifeוְאִשְׁתּוֹto Mosesאֶל מֹשֶׁהinאֶלthe wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםheהוּאwas camped,חֹנֶהat the mountainהַרof Elohim.הָאֱלֹהִים
Exodus 18:5
Study it in the app“Jethro, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:5, word by word
- Jethroיִתְרוֹyitro
Jethro
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses (called Reuel in Exodus 2:18).
Where else “yitro” appears- Moses’מֹשֶׁהmoshe
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- father-in-lawחֹתֵןchoten
father-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “choten” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- with his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- and his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- was campedחֹנֶהchone
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “chone” appears- at the mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
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.”
5 · This verse (above)
6He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons with her.”