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Jethroיִתְרוֹrejoicedוַיִּחַדְּoverעַלallכָּלthe goodהַטּוֹבָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad doneעָשָׂהfor Israel,לְיִשְׂרָאֵלin thatאֲשֶׁרhe had delivered themהִצִּילוֹfrom the handמִיַּדof the Egyptians.מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 18:9
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With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 18:9, 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- rejoicedיִּחַדְּyichad
rejoice
Rejoice.
Where else “yichad” appears- the goodטּוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- for Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- he had delivered themהִצִּילhitsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsil” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the Egyptiansמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
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Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10Jethro said, “Blessed be YHWH, who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, who delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.