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Mosesמֹשֶׁהwent outוַיֵּצֵאto meetלִקְרַאתhis father-in-law,חֹתְנוֹbowed down,וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּand kissedוַיִּשַּׁקhim;לוֹthey askedוַיִּשְׁאֲלוּeach otherאִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּabout their welfare,לְשָׁלוֹםand they wentוַיָּבֹאוּinto the tent.הָאֹהֱלָה
Exodus 18:7
Study it in the app“Moses 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:7, word by word
- 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- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” 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- bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחוּyishtachu
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachu” appears- and kissedיִּשַּׁקyishak
kiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “yishak” appears- they askedיִּשְׁאֲלוּyishalu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishalu” appears- each otherאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- each otherרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- about their welfareשָׁלוֹםshalom
greet
What one says on meeting: "shalom to you".
Where else “shalom” appears- and they wentיָּבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- into the tentאֹהֱלָohela
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohela” appears
The context
6He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons with her.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Moses told his father-in-law all that YHWH had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for the sake of Israel, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how YHWH had delivered them.