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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“I,אֲנִיyour father-in-lawחֹתֶנְךָJethro,יִתְרוֹam comingבָּאto you,אֵלֶיךָwith your wifeוְאִשְׁתְּךָand her twoוּשְׁנֵיsonsבָנֶיהָwith her.”עִמָּהּ
Exodus 18:6
Study it in the app“He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons with her.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:6, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- your father-in-lawחֹתֶנְchoten
father-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “choten” appears- Jethroיִתְרוֹyitro
Jethro
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses (called Reuel in Exodus 2:18).
Where else “yitro” appears- am comingבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- with your wifeאִשְׁתְּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- and 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 context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him; they asked each other about their welfare, and they went into the tent.